A Fort Campbell, Ky., soldier who police say robbed
a bank and then surrendered just wanted to go to jail, Keokuk police
said. "He told us he couldn't take it any more," police Capt. Kevin
Church said. "The robbery wasn't for financial reasons. He wasn't doing
it because he needed the money, and we know he didn't want to hurt
anybody. He wanted to be in a cell." Master Sgt. Kenneth Lee
Schweitzer, 38, of Louisville, Ky., walked into the Keokuk Savings Bank
in southeast Iowa about 3 p.m. Tuesday, fired a large caliber handgun
into the air and demanded cash, police said. Schweitzer, a member of
the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, left the
bank, climbed into his pickup truck and drove to the police department,
where he turned himself in. "He also said the exact reason for robbing
the bank was personal," Church added. "He said, 'The only thing I can
live in is an 8-by-8 cell.' He realized he was going to jail and he's
prepared to do so."

Two American soldiers have deserted, claiming asylum
in Canada rather than serve in Iraq. They argue that the war is illegal
under international law.