http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=517052Brigadier General Janis Karpinski
Put in charge of the Iraqi prison system last June, General Karpinski, left, the commander of the 800th military police brigade, is the only female of her rank in Iraq.
Karpinski, who has been suspended,faces possible disciplinary action and could face a court-martial.
Karpinski, 50, is a reservist who served in Saudi Arabia during the 1991 Gulf War. Before her suspension she was in charge of 15 jails and had 3,400 troops under her command. She is married to a lieutenant colonel who is based at the US embassy in Oman.
In civilian life Karpinski runs corporate executive training programmes.
Ivan 'Chip' Frederick, 37, who is among six officers facing a court martial from the 800th brigade's 372nd unit, is a correctional officer who has been in the reserves for 20 years. His lawyer said "higher ranking people" taught him how to humiliate Arabs. Frederick is the only soldier involved in the abuse to have spoken on camera to 60 Minutes.
Lynndie England, 21, is one of the soldiers who were photographed hamming it up in front of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners. She told her mother in January just before the charges were laid about potential problems with the prisoners.
Jeremy C Sivits from the same unit, told his father he "was told" to take the pictures.
Sgt Javal S Davis Sgt Davis, 26, who faces court martial, has been in the region since February 2003. His wife Zeenethia, also an army reservist, says he believes he is a scapegoat.
I found this list at the end of an article in the British paper, The Independent. I only hope that by these horrible acts being exposed to the public, that things will begin to get better for the Iraqi people. No wonder we didn't want the International Red Cross hanging around?
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