It was just a joke: Abu Ghraib accused
ReutersMay 14, 2005
FORT HOOD, Texas: A US Army reservist accused of attaching wires to a hooded Iraqi prisoner, depicted in a picture that became notorious around the world, pleaded not guilty yesterday in the second Abu Ghraib case to go to military trial.Specialist Sabrina Harman faces five counts of prisoner maltreatment stemming from the photograph of the inmate, known as "Gilligan", who was allegedly forced to stand on a box with wires in his hands and told he would be electrocuted if he fell.
"He was trembling, shaking," prosecutor Captain Chuck Neill said during opening statements at the court martial at an army base at Fort Hood, Texas.
Defence attorney Frank Spinner told the jury of four army officers and four senior enlisted soldiers he would present evidence that "it was a joking type of thing, and that Gilligan was in on the joke and that this was simply a matter of sleep deprivation".
Harman, a one-time pizza restaurant manager, could face up to 6 1/2 years in jail if convicted of conspiracy to maltreat detainees, five counts of maltreating detainees and dereliction of duty.
She is the second service member to go on trial on charges that she took part in mistreating detainees. The first, Private Charles Graner, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison, was expected to be a witness.
In another notorious photo, Harman poses with Graner behind a group of naked detainees stacked in a pyramid.
Lynndie England, the woman photographed holding a leash attached to the neck of a naked prisoner, pleaded guilty last week. But the judge in the Abu Ghraib cases, James Pohl, declared a mistrial after defence lawyers presented information suggesting she was innocent and was following orders.
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JUST A JOKE; I REMEMBER THE WORDS OF JOHN KERRY SPOKEN BEFORE THE SENATE 1971 OF THE WINTERS SOLDIERS SPEECH; THE SAME THINGS OCCURED THEN. WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN
Flashback: A Rare Broadcast of John Kerry's 1971 Speech Against the Vietnam War Before the Senate
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/30/1510259&mode=thread&tid=25
ReutersMay 14, 2005
FORT HOOD, Texas: A US Army reservist accused of attaching wires to a hooded Iraqi prisoner, depicted in a picture that became notorious around the world, pleaded not guilty yesterday in the second Abu Ghraib case to go to military trial.Specialist Sabrina Harman faces five counts of prisoner maltreatment stemming from the photograph of the inmate, known as "Gilligan", who was allegedly forced to stand on a box with wires in his hands and told he would be electrocuted if he fell.
"He was trembling, shaking," prosecutor Captain Chuck Neill said during opening statements at the court martial at an army base at Fort Hood, Texas.
Defence attorney Frank Spinner told the jury of four army officers and four senior enlisted soldiers he would present evidence that "it was a joking type of thing, and that Gilligan was in on the joke and that this was simply a matter of sleep deprivation".
Harman, a one-time pizza restaurant manager, could face up to 6 1/2 years in jail if convicted of conspiracy to maltreat detainees, five counts of maltreating detainees and dereliction of duty.
She is the second service member to go on trial on charges that she took part in mistreating detainees. The first, Private Charles Graner, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison, was expected to be a witness.
In another notorious photo, Harman poses with Graner behind a group of naked detainees stacked in a pyramid.
Lynndie England, the woman photographed holding a leash attached to the neck of a naked prisoner, pleaded guilty last week. But the judge in the Abu Ghraib cases, James Pohl, declared a mistrial after defence lawyers presented information suggesting she was innocent and was following orders.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common story_page/0,5744,15281343%5E2703,00.html
JUST A JOKE; I REMEMBER THE WORDS OF JOHN KERRY SPOKEN BEFORE THE SENATE 1971 OF THE WINTERS SOLDIERS SPEECH; THE SAME THINGS OCCURED THEN. WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN
Flashback: A Rare Broadcast of John Kerry's 1971 Speech Against the Vietnam War Before the Senate
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/30/1510259&mode=thread&tid=25
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