Abu Ghraib Guard Paints Harrowing Portrait of Abuse

[Domitan]

http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news1/lat-guard.html

Sivits, whose statements are contained in investigative records obtained by The Times, provided the most detailed account to become public by one of the defendants in the abuse scandal. He described an atmosphere in which several military policemen repeatedly laughed, joked and mocked Iraqi detainees as they stripped them naked, struck and kicked them and forced them to hit each other.

Sivits portrayed Graner, a former Pennsylvania prison guard who was accused of misconduct there, as a ringleader of the Abu Ghraib abuses. He said Graner was always "joking, laughing, pissed off a little, acting like he was enjoying it."

He described Pfc. Lynndie England, the woman seen smoking and smiling in some of the photos, as "laughing at the different stuff that they were having the detainees do."

Sivits recalled that the prisoners usually were reluctant to strip in front of each other, and that Graner forced them to do so anyway. He said Graner once punched a detainee in the head so hard the man fell unconscious. "His eyes were closed and he was not moving," Sivits said.

and much more revealed in the rest of the article

[lovedems]

1. My husband just said he saw on CNN that one of the soldiers from the

prison is being charged with adultery! It this Asscrofts Justice Dept? Is he trying to influence the military? Has anyone else heard this?

I am glad to see these soldiers aren't going to take the fall without a fight.

[revcarol]

2. Is that "adultery"

instead of rape?

[saigon68]

3. sivits is a jailhouse snitch

[TryingToWarnYou]

4. Who cares?

Snitch?

You do realize that even though he is offering up his own testimony to save his ass, his desire to come forward will bring more abuse and wrongdoing forward for the world to see.

I have NO problem with that if it gets the people responsible.

[maddezmom]

5. yup, getting reduced charges for cooperating

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x554328

He's protecting the "higher-ups" .

[lovedems]

6. That is what worries me. Instead of seeing trials, we are going to see

plea bargains. I stated above that they weren't going to go down without a fight but I have my doubts now.

[soleft]

7. Please add this link and discuss at this previously posted thread

Thanks

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=553835&mesg_id=553835