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Article: US military policewoman faces court-martial for Abu Ghraib scandal
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 27, 2004
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US military policewoman faces court-martial for Abu Ghraib scandal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- A US military policewoman
photographed holding a naked Iraqi prisoner by a leash at the Abu
Ghrabi prison will face a court martial in January on 19 charges, the
US Army said Monday.
Private Lynndie England, 21, faces charges including conspiring to
commit cruelty and maltreatment of a prisoner, indecent acts with
numerous soldiers and wrongfully creating sexually explicit
photographs of herself. She could face up to 38 years in jail if
convicted by the military court.
The court-martial is scheduled for 17-28 January, said Lt. Gen.
John Vines, commander of the Fort Bragg Army base in North ...