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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:01 PM
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Key figure in Abu Ghraib case to fight charges (Lynndie England)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9401437/

Army Pfc. Lynndie England will abandon her earlier courtroom strategy and fight charges that she was a key participant in prisoner abuse by guards at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, her lawyer said.

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Crisp said he plans to base much of his defense on England’s history of mental health problems that date back to her childhood.

He said he also will focus on the influence exerted over England by Pvt. Charles Graner, the reputed abuse ringleader. Graner, believed to have fathered England’s young son while they were deployed, is serving a 10-year sentence after being convicted at trial in January.

“I wouldn’t say it’s ‘Blame Graner,”’ Crisp said of his trial strategy, which includes calling Graner as a witness. “But certainly Graner is involved as far as what was going on.”

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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:02 PM
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1. Her defense ought to be, "Rummy made me do it and I have the
Edited on Mon Sep-19-05 06:03 PM by VegasWolf
memos!"
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jedr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:08 PM
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2. Clever little girl that she is;
Edited on Mon Sep-19-05 06:18 PM by jedr
We all know she master-minded this torture thing: sarcasm: :sarcasm: on edit: The saddest part of all this is the fact that Rummy and his friends would pin this on her and put a pregnant woman in jail!
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:23 PM
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3. Fuck her!
She didn't have any problem participating. So, while I hope Rummy and his cronies sit in jail for this crime, I certainly hope she sits there with them.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:25 PM
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6. Hey.. her baby is white.. The Roberts' can adopt him
Edited on Mon Sep-19-05 06:25 PM by SoCalDem
and in a few years we'll know.. nature??? nurture??


:sarcasm:
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:32 PM
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8. HAHA, what was I thinking?
Good point!
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:23 PM
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4. Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose ...
Good luck to you in this Lynndie. Make the bastards pay.
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BSDRebel Donating Member (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:25 PM
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5. are you F'ing kidding?
Hello little white trash girl....you were pictured holding a grown man by his neck with a leash, while he was naked on the floor. You also had a picture pointing to a man's dick.

I'd say you were damn bloody well a participant!
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:30 PM
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7. I don't believe for one millisecond
Edited on Mon Sep-19-05 06:31 PM by rocknation
that England was one of a handful of grunts whose frat house pranks went overboard. But unless she's willing and able to nail a higher-up, she's wasting her time. And if England's such a mental case, why was she allowed to enlist?

:headbang:
rocknation
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:36 PM
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9. Good, but I sure hope they don't keep referring to Former Sargent, but...
...now busted down to Private, Charles Graner. If they keep repeating "Pvt. Charles Graner," it might hurt her case.
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nothometoday Donating Member (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 06:45 PM
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10. What a gene pool
That poor baby!
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 07:31 PM
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11. a perfect picture of American Society...
Disgusting no matter which way you look at it.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 08:00 PM
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12. She followed illegal orders
and posed for pictures doing so. She got herself impregnated by someone who enjoyed hurting people.

Maybe this strategy will work for her.
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