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Saturday, September 3, 2011

What I Did on My Summer Vacation: UCLA Abroad Department

A UCLA student who went to fight with rebel soldiers in Libya was apparently sent back to the U.S. …

An Al Jazeera producer said his correspondents in Libya learned that rebels told Chris Jeon to leave the area…

Jeon's parents did not know their son had gone to Libya until journalists told them.

Full story at http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8341013

And from http://www.gadailynews.com/world/72656-ucla-math-major-chris-jeon-thought-it-would-be-cool-to-join-the-rebels-and-fight-khadafy-in-libya.html we learn:

"I thought it would be cool to join the rebels," he said. "I just thought I'd come check it out." Jeon, 21, doesn't speak any Arabic. He couldn't work the AK-47 he was handed.

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