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To: kikogrey who wrote (62198)	10/22/2004 3:51:58 AM
From: elpolvo	Respond to of 89467

kiko- bingo. -polvo

To: kikogrey who wrote (62198)	10/22/2004 1:22:32 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

doubt if this photo got much press. CREDIT: Ziad Khalaf, Associated Press An Iraqi woman comforts her injured child at the hospital in Samarra, north of Baghdad. U.S. and Iraqi forces battled Thursday to recapture Samarra from rebels. (my italics) a123.g.akamai.net it appeared with this article: Abusive U.S. jailer gets 8 years Military policeman also demoted, discharged for Abu Ghraib prison scandal Tini Tran Associated Press Friday, October 22, 2004 BAGHDAD -- The highest-ranking U.S. soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison case was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison, the severest punishment so far in the scandal that broke in April with the publication of photos and video showing Americans humiliating and abusing naked Iraqis. Staff Sgt. Ivan (Chip) Frederick's civilian lawyer, Gary Myers, called the sentence "excessive" and argued the military command was at fault for failing to train his client -- a veteran military policeman and a corrections officer in civilian life -- and for failing to address conditions at the prison on the western outskirts of Baghdad. The abuses occurred as American intelligence officers were under strong pressure to gather as much information as possible on the burgeoning insurgency, which threatens the entire U.S. mission in Iraq, and has spread throughout Sunni Muslim areas of the country, engulfing regions which were relatively safe for westerners only a few months ago. Gunmen Thursday ambushed a bus carrying Iraqi women to their jobs at Baghdad International Airport, killing one and wounding 14. Three people who worked in Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's office were killed and a fourth was wounded in an ambush in western Baghdad. Also, mortars fell near the Iraqi leader on a visit to Mosul. Frederick, 38, of Buckingham, Va., was also reduced in rank to private, ordered to forfeit pay and given a dishonourable discharge under a plea agreement that requires him to testify against others charged with abusing Iraqi detainees. All military verdicts are subject to appeal. Frederick pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of detainees, assault and committing an indecent act. He admitted he forced one group of detainees to masturbate publicly then piled them into a naked, human pyramid. During another incident captured on photos seen around the world, Frederick said he and other guards hooked wires on the hands and feet of a hooded detainee who was told to stand on a box or be electrocuted. Photos and a video taken by the soldiers were submitted as evidence during the trial. Frederick said he snapped the photos "just to take back home." On Thursday, the British government agreed to a U.S. request to transfer 850 British troops of the First Battalion, Black Watch Regiment from southern Iraq to an area near Baghdad so U.S. troops could be shifted to insurgent hotspots. The agreement came despite fierce opposition from British legislators who saw it as a political gift to U.S. President George W. Bush ahead of November elections.