Four US soldiers face hearing in Germany over Iraq prisoner abuse

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Agence France-Presses

Four US soldiers accused of abusing prisoners at a notorious jail in Iraq, including the suspected ringleader, face a military hearing in Germany on Monday, before their trial by court martial.

The four, Corporal Charles Graner, Specialist Megan Ambuhl, Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick and Specialist Javal Davis, are accused of assault, coercion and conspiracy to mistreat prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison outside of Baghdad. ..

Her (England's) lawyer has said she has been made a scapegoat for the army and that senior officers at the jail encouraged rough treatment and abuse to soften detainees up; a defence likely to be employed by the accused in Mannheim.

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