International   

Lynndie a `willing participant'

FORT BRAGG (North Carolina): A soldier already convicted in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal testified on Monday that fellow Army reservist, Pfc. Lynndie England, was a willing participant in creating the "human pyramid" of naked Iraqi detenus shown in the infamous photographs from Iraq. Pvt. Jeremy C. Sivits testified at a hearing in Pfc. England's case that he helped escort one detenu into the Baghdad prison one night in December 2003. He said a sergeant, who was in charge, ordered Pfc. England and another soldier to stop "stomping on the fingers and toes" of a detenu. After that sergeant left, Pvt. Sivits testified, he watched as Spc. Charles Graner Jr. and others stacked seven naked detenus, who had bags over their heads, in the human pyramid and photographed them. He testified that Pfc. England was "having a good time."

AP

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

International

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

• Putin sees Chechen links to Al-Qaeda
• Political storm brewing in Bangladesh
• Hamas says slain leaders avenged
• Hostages: France intensifies efforts
• South Africa's anti-cancer tea
• Life-sustaining planet found?
• The Internet at 35
• Lynndie a `willing participant'
• Sudan for reasonable U.N. stand
• 3 killed in Balochistan blast
• Civilians die in U.S. strike
• Republicans accused of exploiting 9/11
• Bush admits war on terror cannot be won
• Comments 'blown out of proportion'
• India's concerns conveyed to Pakistan
• Bush hailed for strong ties with India
• 'Illegal issuance of stamps, a major concern'

Copyright © 2004, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu