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To: TigerPaw who wrote (10619)5/12/2004 2:38:28 PM
From: Ron  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773
 
Female GI In Abuse Photos Talks
NEW YORK, May 12, 2004

Army Pfc. Lynndie England, seen worldwide in photographs that show her smiling and pointing at naked Iraqi prisoners, said she was ordered to pose for the photos, and felt "kind of weird" in doing so.

In an exclusive interview with Brian Maass of Denver CBS station KCNC-TV, England also confirmed that abuses worse than those depicted in the photos were carried out at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, but she declined to discuss them.

England, 21, repeatedly insisted that her actions were dictated by "persons in my higher chain of command."
CBS News' 60 Minutes II will broadcast home video taken by a soldier working at the U.S. run prisons at Camp Bucca and Abu Ghraib, Tonight at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

In the photos, England is seen smiling, cigarette in her mouth, as she leans forward and points at the genitals of a naked, hooded Iraqis. Another photo taken at Abu Ghraib shows her holding a leash that encircles the neck of a naked Iraqi man lying on his side.

"I was instructed by persons in higher rank to stand there and hold this leash and look at the camera," she said.

England said the actions depicted in the photos were intended to put psychological pressure on the Iraqi prisoners.

"Well, I mean, they [the photos] were for psy-op reasons," she said "And the reasons worked. I mean, so to us, we were doing our job, which meant we were doing what we were told, and the outcome was what they wanted. They'd come back and they'd look at the pictures, and they'd state, 'Oh, that's a good tactic, keep it up. That's working. This is working. Keep doing it. It's getting what we need.'"

England, an Army reservist from West Virginia who is four months pregnant, is now stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The interview was taped Tuesday at Fort Bragg.

England is among seven soldiers from the 372nd Military Police Company who face charges for allegedly degrading and humiliating Iraqi prisoners. One soldier, Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., will face a court-martial in Baghdad next week.

"To all of us who have been charged, we all agree that we don't feel like we were doing things that we weren't supposed to, because we were told to do them. We think everything was justified, because we were instructed to do this and to do that," England said.

She told KCNC she was looking forward to having her baby and hopefully one day putting the abuse scandal behind her.
cbsnews.com



To: TigerPaw who wrote (10619)5/12/2004 2:58:53 PM
From: rrufff  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773
 
I give you "A" for effort, but in order to impress the real conspiracy theorists, you need to have a Mossad, Israeli or Jewish connection. (Looks like Berg was Jewish, so you need to think this one out very carefully.)

The hoods? Aren't they only used by Israelis? Walmart as I mentioned before? Sam Walton?

Come on, I have faith in you.



To: TigerPaw who wrote (10619)5/12/2004 3:03:52 PM
From: rrufff  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 20773
 
Tiger - if you succeed on my previous quest, you can tackle this one next.

Got to be a neo-con connection here somewhere.

MEXICAN PILOTS UFO REPORT HITS THE BIG NEWS:

Mexico's largest television network on Monday and Tuesday broadcast footage taken by Mexican Air Force pilots of what they say are up to 16 unidentified flying objects detected, but not seen visually, on the flight instrumentation. The movements and characteristics of the detected objects are said most unusual.

The pilot have apparently handed the footage and their testimony to Jaime Mausan, a mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast.

According to a news agency, the mexican newspaper La Jornada "dismissed the brouhaha" as "circus" in its Tuesday edition.

The Reuters and AFP news agencies have published a short news item on this:

reuters.co.uk

...so it is now reported worldwide:

iol.co.za
radio-canada.ca (French)
abc.net.au

Rense.com offers a more detailed article including several screenshots showing infrared detection of the UFO or phenomenon:

rense.com