Pfc Lynndie England, who appeared in some of the most graphic photographs depicting physical mistreatment and sexual humiliation of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, pleaded guilty today to charges arising from her role in the abuse scandal.

Defence lawyers are hoping a plea deal by Pfc. Lynndie England will be accepted by an Army judge as the reservist whose image became synonymous with the Abu Ghraib prison scandal heads to court.

Lynndie England will plead guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, her lawyer said today, about a year after photos of her sexually humiliating inmates made her the face of a scandal that damaged the credibility of the United States military.

The soldier labelled the ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal started a 10-year prison sentence today, following his conviction by a military jury.

A Syrian inmate at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq testified in a videotape played for a US jury that Army Specialist Charles Graner merrily whistled, sang and laughed while brutalising him and forced him to eat pork and drink alcohol, against his Muslim faith.

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A Syrian inmate at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison told a court martial today that US army Specialist Charles Graner was the primary torturer who laughed while physically abusing him and threatened to kill him more than once.

A military guard testified today that he saw Specialist Charles Graner Jr. punch an Iraqi detainee in the face a moment after a notorious photo was taken at Abu Ghraib prison.

The court martial of the alleged ringleader of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse in Iraq was due to open in a Texas army base today.

PART-TIME US soldier Ivan Frederick was jailed for eight years yesterday for abusing inmates in Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison.

A US army reservist charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners is expexted to plead guilty at a Baghdad court martial today to four counts arising from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

A US military judge has recommended a court martial for Private Lynndie England over the Iraq prison abuse scandal, but said the young army reservist was “easily led” and had been “heavily influenced” by an ex-boyfriend.

A US Army specialist was sentenced to eight months confinement today after he admitted abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison.

A US Army specialist pleaded guilty today to abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison – the first military intelligence soldier to stand trial in the scandal that has so far focused prison guard reservists.

A US military policewoman accused in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal had the charges against her reduced yesterday as a set of pre-trial hearings wrapped up at an American base in Germany.

TOP Pentagon officials and the military command in Iraq contributed to an environment in which prisoners were abused at Abu Ghraib prison, a high-level panel investigating the detentions has concluded, a defence official said yesterday.

A US Army reservist charged with abusing Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison is to plead guilty to some offences.

A MILITARY judge hearing pre-trial evidence in the alleged abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison pressed the US government yesterday to speed up its investigations.

Four US soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison face pre-trial hearings before an American military judge in Mannheim, Germany today and tomorrow.

The US Army reservist who tipped off investigators to abuse of Iraqi prisoners by his fellow soldiers is in protective military custody because of death threats, family members said.

Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison identified Lynndie England as one of the soldiers who abused them, an army investigator testified today.

Prosecutors have portrayed US soldier Lynndie England as an out-of-control servicewoman who mocked Iraqi prisoners in photos “just for fun”.

EARLIER this year, a petite, mop-topped soldier became a central figure in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal that shocked the world when she turned up in numerous photographs, smiling and giving the thumbs-up in the presence of naked, hooded Iraqi detainees.

A military hearing opened today to determine if a heavily pregnant young soldier should be court-martialled for her actions at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where she was photographed smiling and giving the thumbs-up sign in the presence of naked, hooded detainees.

US soldier Lynndie England has appeared in court charged with abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.

A US soldier charged with abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison appeared in court today.

A US soldier accused of abusing Iraqis at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison faces more charges – this time for participating in sexually explicit photos.

SENIOR military officers were aware of widespread abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers, and lower-ranking troops should not be made scapegoats, the lawyer for an accused female soldier said yesterday.

DEFENCE lawyers for soldiers on trial in the Iraqi prisoner abuse case won permission yesterday to question two top American generals, and the military judge ordered that the Abu Ghraib prison not be torn down because it is a crime scene.

A lawyer for one of three soldiers accused in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal asked a military judge today to order a new hearing because the turmoil of Iraq prevented him from being able to question witnesses.

A US army court will hold pre-trial hearings in Baghdad next week for three soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi inmates in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

The Army general who was in charge of the US prison guards accused of abusing Iraqis has been suspended from command of the 800th Military Police Brigade, officials said.

The US military has denied a report that the top American general in Iraq was present during some interrogations at the Abu Ghraib prison and witnessed some of the abuse of Iraqi inmates.

The US military command today branded as false a news report that the top US general in Iraq was present during some interrogations at the Abu Ghraib prison and witnessed some of the abuse.

The commander of the military police company assigned to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad is prepared to testify that the top US general in Iraq was present during some interrogations at the prison and witnessed some of the abuse, it is reported today.

A US soldier who allegedly took pictures of naked Iraqi prisoners being sexually humiliated at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison was going on trial today.

A second American soldier will be arraigned next week in Iraq on charges that he abused Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison, his civilian attorney said.

AN army reservist who was photographed smiling and pointing at naked, bound Iraqi prisoners had been ordered to pose because her presence would be especially humiliating to the men, her lawyers said.

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NO TELEVISION cameras or tape recorders will be allowed in the courtroom at next week’s court-martial of a US soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, a senior US officer said yesterday.

No television cameras or tape recorders will be allowed in the courtroom at next week’s court-martial of a US soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, a senior US officer said today.

The US military will next week begin the first in a series of courts-martial in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse allegations, trials that could bring new revelations on whether the mistreatment of Iraqis was an aberration or stemmed from pressure from commanders.

US military units holding and interrogating prisoners in Iraq did not get a specific list of techniques permitted during questioning and were expected to follow the Geneva Conventions, a senior Pentagon official said.

The prisoner abuse scandal has so tarnished the US Army’s 800th Military Police Brigade that soldiers recommended for an Army Bronze Star medal have been dropped from the list, the brigade’s commander says.