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Snazzy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 11:34 PM
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Closing arguments in England case


CAP: Pfc. Lynndie England is expected to give birth in mid-October.

Closing arguments in England case

From Jim Polk
Tuesday, August 31, 2004 Posted: 5:39 PM EDT (2139 GMT)

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (CNN) -- Pfc. Lynndie England was celebrating her 21st birthday when she helped commit some of the worst acts of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, military prosecutors said Tuesday.

The prosecution said England admitted that when seven suspected rioters were brought to a cell block for questioning November 8, she stepped on some of them, mocked them as they stood naked in a line against a wall, and posed for a picture after they were piled in a human pyramid.

Capt. Crystal Jennings, one of the prosecutors, told a military court, "She was having fun. There was no indication she was there for any military purpose."

Instead, Jennings said, England had gone to the cell block that night to spend time with her boyfriend, Charles Graner.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/31/england.prisoner.abuse/index.html













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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 11:38 PM
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1. She has a future as a Halloween pumpkin
just put a lit candle in her mouth.
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