Lawyers try throw out abuse soldier statements

Lawyers for Private Lynndie England attempted today to throw out statements she made when first questioned about Iraqi prisoner abuse, including that guards were just “joking around, having some fun”.

The motion was one of five taken up by military judge Colonel Stephen Henley in a hearing in advance of England’s court-martial on abuse charges stemming from photos of her pointing and smiling at naked detainees at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison.