A lawyer for US Army reserve officer Lynndie England said she posed for graphic photos showing Iraqi detainees being abused at Abu Ghraib prison at the direction of her soldier boyfriend, whom she loved and trusted and did not think would mislead her.

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A military judge threw out Private Lynndie England’s guilty plea to abusing Iraqi detainees at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison, saying he was not convinced the US Army reservist who appeared in some of the most notorious photos in the scandal knew her actions were wrong at the time.

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A US military judge tonight threw out Private First Class Lynndie England’s guilty plea to Iraqi prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, saying he was not convinced she knew that her actions were wrong at the time.

The reputed ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal today called into question whether Private First Class Lynndie England knew she was committing wrongful acts when she took part in the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees.

Defence lawyers appealed for leniency for Private Lynndie England at a hearing to determine her punishment in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, saying the reservist was oxygen-deprived at birth, speech-impaired and had trouble learning to read.

Pfc. Lynndie England took responsibility for the smiling, thumbs-up poses she struck for photographs taken at Abu Ghraib prison camp, which made her the face of the prisoner abuse scandal.

US ARMY reservist Lynndie England, who was famously pictured with a naked Iraqi prisoner on a leash in Abu Ghraib prison, pleaded guilty to seven charges of abuse yesterday, which could carry a sentence of 11 years.

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.

A US tank company commander pleaded not guilty today as he went on trial in Germany on charges related to the killing last year of a critically-wounded Iraqi.

A former Abu Ghraib guard today pleaded guilty to three charges in the Iraqi prison abuse scandal – the day before his trial as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

MILITANTS pounded central Baghdad yesterday with one of their most intense mortar barrages ever, targeting the Green Zone.

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.

The US military judge hearing charges of prisoner abuse at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison today rejected a defence request for Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld to submit to an interview, but said he would reconsider if the defence could show a Rumsfeld link to the case.

One of the US Army reservists charged with abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison admitted at a pre-trial hearing today that he initially lied to a military investigator by saying he did not take part in the maltreatment.

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.

A military judge hearing pre-trial evidence in the alleged abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison pressed the US government today to speed up its investigations, warning that delays could derail the case against at least one of the accused soldiers.

An unscheduled hearing was being held today in the case of a US soldier in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, whose civilian lawyer had said yesterday that he wanted to represent him by telephone.

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 hearing in Baghdad for a US soldier accused of prison torture was postponed today because his lawyer was too frightened to go to Iraq and wanted to defend him by phone

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 pre-trial hearing over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal began in Baghdad today.

An American soldier was jailed today for his part in the torture of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad.

US Army Specialist Jeremy Sivits pleaded guilty today to three counts of abuse in the first court-martial stemming from the torture of Iraqi prisoners at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison.