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2005-12-30 | |||
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lynndie England, the U.S. soldier incarcerated for abusing detainees in Iraq, was badly burned in a prison kitchen accident, her mother said on Thursday. England, who was pictured holding a leash to a naked, hooded Iraqi inmate at the Abu Ghraib prison, was sentenced in September to three years for her part in the abuse scandal that sparked worldwide outrage. She is now confined to the Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar in San Diego, California. England works in the prison's kitchen, where she suffered second- and possibly third-degree burns from being splattered with grease over her chest as she removed chickens from a tall oven, her mother, Terrie England, said in an interview.
Terrie England, who is caring for England's infant during her incarceration, faulted prison officials for not giving better treatment during a visit to the emergency room. "They gave her nothing," she said. "When this happened I was furious. ... To think they give you nothing for pain." Brewster Schenck, a spokesman for Consolidated Brig Miramar, confirmed England had been assigned to the kitchen, where inmates prepare and serve food mostly for other prisoners. He declined to discuss the accident or her medical condition.
She said Lynndie England had been taking a Bible prayer class in prison and telephoning home from prison about once a week. In a September interview with Reuters, England blamed her involvement in the Abu Ghraib scandal on then-lover Charles Graner, who is serving a 10-year sentence on abuse charges and is the father of her baby. | |||
Posted by:Steve |
#3 Besoeker, again you show you have probably not been in the military. Officers are responsible for what the soldiers under their command do but not to the exten (nowadays) of being criminally responsible. Lyndie England was a clerk and not supposed to be in the prison area. Her lover let her in and the results are well known. The officers whose command she was under failed to excersise proper control over their troops, but to put them in prison for soldiers who wilfully disobeyed orders is not warrented. Bust them in rank is about all that can be done. |
Posted by: Glomble Phineck7920 2005-12-30 18:31 |
#2 Yea, Reuters would have a bugger of a time indeed figuring out why common Americans would want England's autograph. Quite frankly, I'm sick of everyone kicking this kid and our soldiers. The gov'ment would had her kissing the royal asses of the Abu Ghraib prisoners of the "wonderful Faith of Islam" and aborting her baby. I'm glad she did neither. I'm also glad she was cooking in prison, doing something productive. I'm glad she has a family supporting her, and that she's going to bible classes. Blaming England, Graner, or a squad of Rangers (the enlisted!) for misconduct is not the answer, it is sickening and disgusting. Unlike the thousands of draft dodgers that smoked pot and were pardoned after Vietnam, these young people volunteered and deployed. I suspect many US POW's would have been glad to have been photographed wearing bikini undies over their heads. At least their families would know that they were still alive. "Men of the ranks are cunning and devious, and bear close watching." Where were the officers? Why are there no officers going to jail? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-30 13:21 |
#1 When this happened I was furious. ... To think they give you nothing for pain." Sounds like they did give her a trip to the emergency room. YJCMTSU |
Posted by: 2b 2005-12-30 11:49 |