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U.S. Army soldier Lynndie England is convicted
CNN ^ | 09/26/2005 | AP

Posted on 09/26/2005 12:42:56 PM PDT by Glenn

of six counts in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case, The Associated Press reports.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anamericansoldier; courtmartial; disgrace; leashgal; lynndieengland; oif; scapegoat; shaftedbythearmy; skank
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To: Airborne1986
"Second-guessing the Government is my right as an American citizen."

I never said you didn't have the right to question the government. I simply place more faith in the actions of the United States military when it's policing its own, rather than in message board posters second guessing them.

"During a deployment, I have observed similar misconduct - that did not make the media - disposed of by Article 15's or reprimands."

Do you believe that you know as much regarding the facts and circumstances of this case as the five military officers who sat in judgment in this case? Or are we restricted to knowing only what the notoriously unreliable media has told us about it?

"England, who probably never should have been allowed into the service in the first place, is getting hammered because her case hit the media. I don't think that is fair."

If that's the only reason she's getting hammered, then I would agree. However, as I said before, I tend to place my faith in the military courts when policing their own, and believe that we are not privy to all the information that the five officers sitting in judgment of PFC England have been privy to.
161 posted on 09/27/2005 8:23:24 AM PDT by NJ_gent (Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
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To: MarkL


Army Demotes General in Abu Ghraib Scandal

By ROBERT BURNS
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army has offered its last word on holding its generals accountable in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, but Congress is going to have the final say.

The Army announced that it demoted Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, whose Army Reserve unit was in charge of the prison compound during the period of abuse. Dropping her in rank to colonel required approval from President Bush, and officials said that he granted it on Thursday.

The Army also said it cleared three other, more senior generals of wrongdoing in the prisoner abuse cases, actions that had been previously reported but not publicly confirmed by the Army.

That means Karpinski is the only general to be disciplined thus far. The demotion means her career in the military, where officers must rise in rank or leave, is effectively over.

Full Story: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news...20050408NYET260


162 posted on 09/27/2005 8:45:27 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: MarkL

Sorry ... here's a link that actually still works to the same story.


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-prisoner-abuse-army,1,6302243.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines


163 posted on 09/27/2005 8:47:34 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: MarkL
Well, of course she's responsible for what she did, but I want to know what happened with that female officer (a general, I think) who was supposedly in command of that prison.

If the soldiers and non-coms get prison, and those at the top of the direct chain of command just walk, I'll be pissed.

General Janice Kiprinski was demoted to Colonel. She will probably be allowed to retire with full benifits.

164 posted on 09/27/2005 9:32:18 AM PDT by Paul_Denton (U.N. out of the U.S. and U.S. out of the U.N.! My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's Car)
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To: NJ_gent

"Do you believe that you know as much regarding the facts and circumstances of this case as the five military officers who sat in judgment in this case? Or are we restricted to knowing only what the notoriously unreliable media has told us about it?"

I see your point but I think we all know enough to render an opinion on this one. The pictures are in the public domain and all of these cases have been extensively covered for over a year in the media. The Government has been quite clear about what she allegedly did. I can't imagine that the media has held anything back that was worse than what we have heard because they hate the military and will report anything to embarass it. It seems to me like the Army is being tougher on her than on cases that have not popped up on the media radar. But, you are right that, in the end, her sentence will be decided by the court-martial panel and I hope that they are immune from the influences that prompted her Commanders to elevate this to a Court-Martial.


165 posted on 09/27/2005 11:38:57 AM PDT by Airborne1986 (Well, you can do what you want to us. But we're not going to sit here while you badmouth the U.S.A.)
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To: hombre_sincero
The SOB I wanna see hang is the Senior Noncommissioned Officer of this circus. Whatever happened to him? There was a story, (I'm sure it was in the MSM for whatever that is worth) that this idiot was shooting at animals and who knows whatever else while the junior enlisted were acting stupid. If they are gonna send England and her cohorts to the slammer, the Sr NCO should get equal punishment at the least.

Burf
First Sergeant US Army Retired
166 posted on 09/28/2005 4:49:04 AM PDT by Burf (We'll all be drinkin that free Bubble Up and eatin that Rainbow Stew.)
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To: Burf

Burf,

The info from this case is extremely piece meal and the senior NCO's were disciplined last year. I agree it is their fault that this F-troop/Caligula situation was allowed.

Somewhere there is mess a Major is involved that was running the prison.


167 posted on 09/28/2005 5:01:10 AM PDT by Wristpin ( Varitek says to A-Rod: "We don't throw at .260 hitters.....")
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To: Wristpin
His name isn't Major Malfunction, is it?
168 posted on 09/28/2005 5:11:35 AM PDT by Burf (We'll all be drinkin that free Bubble Up and eatin that Rainbow Stew.)
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To: Publius6961
"Wrong time, wrong place"

You have to be kidding. I'll bet she was not in the Army three weeks before she was taught the Geneva and Hague Conventions. And since she is a member of a USAR MP Interment/Resettlement Company the treatment of detainees was probably taught every other month. Stupid.......yes, but stupid by choice. She knew what she was doing was wrong and chose to do it anyway.
169 posted on 09/28/2005 7:44:12 PM PDT by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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To: Glenn

What ever happened to the gal who married dear old dad?


170 posted on 09/29/2005 3:45:57 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: Terabitten

"Good. She was a disgrace to the service."

Right. She didn't scare them enough. I'm ashamed of our wimpy image. Ever since they found out what nannies we are, they've been blowing more people up than ever.


171 posted on 09/30/2005 7:43:54 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Rules are no better than the SOB who comes up with them. Remember the Gorelick Wall.)
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To: Airborne1986

We need to compensate for this embarassment. We need to spread horrific rumors about real torture and mistreatment. This is embarassing. We're supposed to strike fear in the hearts of our enemies.


172 posted on 09/30/2005 7:48:51 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Rules are no better than the SOB who comes up with them. Remember the Gorelick Wall.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Ever since they found out what nannies we are, they've been blowing more people up than ever.

I've lost fourteen personal friends in Baghdad so far. I have many, many, more friends still in theater. To call them "nannies" is an absolute insult to them and to the memory of my dead comrades.

Just because you don't hear it on the news doesn't mean it isn't happening. Trust me, we're kicking the shit out of the bad guys on a daily basis. We don't need perverted POS's like Lynndie Englund "helping" us.

173 posted on 10/01/2005 9:46:46 AM PDT by Terabitten (God grant me the strength to live a life worthy of those who have gone before me.)
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To: Burf
The SOB I wanna see hang is the Senior Noncommissioned Officer of this circus. Whatever happened to him? There was a story, (I'm sure it was in the MSM for whatever that is worth) that this idiot was shooting at animals and who knows whatever else while the junior enlisted were acting stupid. If they are gonna send England and her cohorts to the slammer, the Sr NCO should get equal punishment at the least.

Yanno, I've wondered the same thing. Her boyfriend was an E6, but I don't think he was the platoon sergeant. I'm real curious about the platoon sergeant and the company 1SG. I'm also curious about the LT in charge of the platoon and what he/she knew.

174 posted on 10/01/2005 10:00:40 AM PDT by Terabitten (God grant me the strength to live a life worthy of those who have gone before me.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

"We need to compensate for this embarassment. We need to spread horrific rumors about real torture and mistreatment. This is embarassing. We're supposed to strike fear in the hearts of our enemies."

Fear in the hearts of our enemies but not the undecided civillian population. We went to Iraq to introduce democracy and the rule of law. Showing that our own who sink below that threshold of expected behaviour are not above that law is a good example. Those soldiers disgraced the flag they serve and the cause they're supposed to exemplify.

You seem to be arguing that we copy the Russian tactics in Chechnya. It didn't help them....


175 posted on 10/01/2005 6:16:07 PM PDT by Brit_Guy
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To: Terabitten

"To call them "nannies" is an absolute insult to them and to the memory of my dead comrades."

Cheap shot. I'm talking about the ninnies who whine about panties-on-the-head, the ones who make the regs, the ones who demand even more candy-axxed regs, etc.


176 posted on 10/02/2005 5:00:07 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Rules are no better than the SOB who comes up with them. Remember the Gorelick Wall.)
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To: Terabitten

I'm sorry about the loss of your friends, but your effort to villify me doesn't make me feel as sympathetic as I'd otherwise be. If you want clarification, ask for it next time.


177 posted on 10/02/2005 5:01:57 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Rules are no better than the SOB who comes up with them. Remember the Gorelick Wall.)
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To: Brit_Guy

"We went to Iraq to introduce democracy and the rule of law."

Yeah, like our baby-killing law that killed 40 million unborn is such a great moral example. I hate our rule-of-butchery law. It's killed more innocents than the Nazi concentration camps. And it's the same bunch of baby-brain-sucking creeps who whine about panties-on-the-head and make us look like complete idiots in the eyes of our enemies AND allies.


178 posted on 10/02/2005 5:04:01 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Rules are no better than the SOB who comes up with them. Remember the Gorelick Wall.)
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To: Brit_Guy

At Gitmo, prisoners throw human waste at our soldiers. I want our soldiers to put them in the hosptital every time they do that. If the prisoner isn't hospitalized, THAT is a reason for court martial. Soiling our uniforms like that should not be taken lightly. Too many men died to give that uniform stature. We have it all completely backwards, because of the very loonies who got this young vet in so much trouble-- people who aren't worthy of wiping her boots.


179 posted on 10/02/2005 5:10:35 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Rules are no better than the SOB who comes up with them. Remember the Gorelick Wall.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I'm sorry about the loss of your friends, but your effort to villify me doesn't make me feel as sympathetic as I'd otherwise be. If you want clarification, ask for it next time.

You've my apologies for that statement. It was not an attempt to villify you, but borne of genuine anger at the many posters on this board who think we should lower ourselves to the standards of the POS's we fight. I get defensive about that. To mangle and misdirect a quote from DeToqueville, the US military is great because it is good. If it ever ceases to be good, it will cease to be great.

180 posted on 10/02/2005 5:44:31 AM PDT by Terabitten (God grant me the strength to live a life worthy of those who have gone before me.)
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