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  • Lynndie England's defense seeks to throw out statement that prison abuse was 'joking around'

    12/01/2004 8:00:48 AM PST · by SmithL · 7 replies · 1,011+ views
    AP ^ | 12/1/4 | ESTES THOMPSON
    FORT BRAGG, NC -- Lawyers for Pfc. Lynndie England moved Wednesday to throw out statements she made when first questioned about Iraqi prisoner abuse, including that reservists were just "joking around, having some fun." The motion was one of five taken up by military judge Col. Stephen Henley in a hearing in advance of England's Jan. 18 court-martial on abuse charges stemming from photos of her pointing and smiling at naked detainees at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison. Paul Arthur, an Army special investigator, testified that England was aware of her rights, including to have a lawyer present, when she was...