Man fakes shooting to avoid Iraq

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CHICAGO (AP) — A young Marine who feared returning to Iraq persuaded his cousin to shoot him in the leg, then told police he was hit by random gang gunfire, authorities said.

The shooting early Saturday was meant to keep 19-year-old Moises Hernandez from going back to Iraq, prosecutors said.

He was charged with filing a false police report. His cousin, Juan Hernandez, 19, faces a felony weapons charge.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/07/15/1133279-ap.html

[Coventina]

1. Notice that he wanted to avoid "going back to Iraq"

Poor guy.

I really feel for him. I hope if he does go to trial that the jury refuses to convict him.