Woman soldier ‘ordered to pose’

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.

The photos were staged by intelligence agents to intimidate other prisoners, and appearing naked in front of a young woman would be especially humiliating to Iraqi men, lawyer Rose Mary Zapor said in Denver.

Private Lynndie England, 21, is charged with mistreating prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in a scandal that has sparked worldwide outrage.