http://www.ansarasra.org/abu-ghraib/how-many-soldiers-were-charged-in-the-abu-ghraib-incident-in-iraq-and-what-were-they-chargeed-with Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:32:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ansarasra.org/abu-ghraib/how-many-soldiers-were-charged-in-the-abu-ghraib-incident-in-iraq-and-what-were-they-chargeed-with/comment-page-1#comment-6725 Jesus & Kristle Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:55:59 +0000 http://www.ansarasra.org/abu-ghraib/how-many-soldiers-were-charged-in-the-abu-ghraib-incident-in-iraq-and-what-were-they-chargeed-with#comment-6725 The United States Department of Defense removed seventeen soldiers and officers from duty, and eleven soldiers were charged with dereliction of duty, maltreatment, aggravated assault and battery. Between May 2004 and March 2006, eleven soldiers were convicted in courts martial, sentenced to military prison, and dishonorably discharged from service. Two soldiers, Specialist Charles Graner, and his former fiancée, Specialist Lynndie England, were sentenced to ten years and three years in prison, respectively, in trials ending on January 14, 2005 and September 26, 2005. The commanding officer at the prison, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, was demoted to the rank of Colonel on May 5, 2005. Col. Karpinski has denied knowledge of the abuses, claiming that the interrogations were authorized by her superiors and performed by subcontractors, and that she was not even allowed entry into the interrogation rooms.<br><b>References : </b><br>wikipedia The United States Department of Defense removed seventeen soldiers and officers from duty, and eleven soldiers were charged with dereliction of duty, maltreatment, aggravated assault and battery. Between May 2004 and March 2006, eleven soldiers were convicted in courts martial, sentenced to military prison, and dishonorably discharged from service. Two soldiers, Specialist Charles Graner, and his former fiancée, Specialist Lynndie England, were sentenced to ten years and three years in prison, respectively, in trials ending on January 14, 2005 and September 26, 2005. The commanding officer at the prison, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, was demoted to the rank of Colonel on May 5, 2005. Col. Karpinski has denied knowledge of the abuses, claiming that the interrogations were authorized by her superiors and performed by subcontractors, and that she was not even allowed entry into the interrogation rooms.
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