Army officer feels vindicated by Senate report on Abu Ghraib.Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: An Army Reserve colonel demoted from brigadier general because of prisoner abuses Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated. Abuse falling into this category includes:
The city of Abu Ghraib (BGN/PCGN romanization: Abū Ghurayb; أبو غريب in Arabic) in the Anbar Governorate of Iraq is located 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of facility in Iraq said Wednesday a new Senate report supports her contention that uniformed military people were made scapegoats for Bush administration policies. WASHINGTON: An Army Reserve colonel demoted from brigadier general because of prisoner abuses at the Abu Ghraib facility in Iraq said Wednesday a new Senate report supports her contention that uniformed military people were made scapegoats for Bush administration policies. Colonel Janis Karpinski Janis Leigh Karpinski (born May 25, 1953, Rahway, New Jersey) is a central figure in the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. Karpinski is currently a United States Army Colonel in the 800th Military Police Brigade. said that "from the beginning, I've been saying these soldiers did not design these techniques on their own." Karpinski said she felt vindicated and said she thought it had taken "far too long" for the information about the history of the interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. policy to surface publicly. Eleven US soldiers have been convicted and five officers, including Karpinski, have been disciplined in the Abu Ghraib scandal. Karpinski was demoted to colonel for alleged dereliction of duty Dereliction of duty is a specific offense in military law. It includes various elements centered around the avoidance of any duty which may be properly expected. In the U.S. - a charge she has vehemently denied. The only soldier still jailed for Abu Ghraib is former Corporal Charles Graner Charles A. Graner, Jr., (born 1968) is a former U.S. Army reservist and one of several criminals charged by the Army in connection with the 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal during the invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. Jr., who received a 10-year sentence for assault, battery, conspiracy, maltreatment maltreatment Social medicine Any of a number of types of unreasonable interactions with another adult. See Child maltreatment, Cf Child abuse. , indecent acts and dereliction of duty. Army documents released in May 2005 substantiated Karpinski's assertions that she was innocent of two principal allegations lodged against her by officers who initially investigated abuses at Abu Ghraib. The 232-page Senate report released late Tuesday found that the brutal treatment of terrorism detainees and prisoners by members of the US military, both at Abu Ghraib and the Guantanamo prison facility, wasn't simply the work of "a few bad apples" in the military's rank and file. "From the beginning," Karpinski said, "I've been saying these soldiers did not design these techniques on their own ... We were following orders.'" - AP Copyright 2009, The Daily Star. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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