Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday july 10, 2004 Canada / world a11 new charges for Soldier accused of abusing iraqis Raleigh . ? an army private accused of abusing iraqis at Abu Gharib prison faces More charges of commit Ting indecent acts but none of the new charges involves iraqi citizens or detainees the army said yesterday. Pet. 1st class Lynn die England a West Virginia Soldier now assigned to fort Bragg previously faced three counts of assaulting detainees and ten other charges. She was charged late thursday with one count of violating a general order and four counts of indecent acts said fort Bragg spokesman maj. Richard Pat Terson. He said specifics of the charges would be revealed next week when an investigatory article 32 hearing is held at the Post. None of these five charges involved iraqi detainees or iraqi nationals Pat Terson said. If convicted on the original charges England faced a dishonourable Dis charge and up to 15 1/2 years in prison. Army officials did to know How much the additional charges would add to a sentence. The Washington Post reported it had obtained images of England undressed and in sexual poses with a male Soldier. Photos released earlier in the abuse scandal showed her pointing at iraqi prisoners genitals and holding a Leash attached to a prisoner. Defence lawyer Richard Hernandez told the Post that the new photos were personal and had nothing to do with the prisoner abuse charges. The lawyer could to be reached immediately for comment yesterday by the associated press. England a support specialist from fort Ashby w.va., is one of six soldiers who still face charges in the scandal. One has already pleaded guilty and been sentenced to a year in prison. All seven sol Diers charged in the abuse scandal Are from the 372nd military police company an army Reserve unit from Cresaptown my. ? associated press . Intelligence was wrong about what he called among the most devastating losses and intelligence fail ures in the history of the tragically the intelligence failure no real evidence of illicit weapons set Forth in this report will affect our National Security for generations to come Rockefeller said at a news con programs in Iraq Ference with Roberts. Our credibility is diminished. Our standing in the by Jonathan s. Landay and James world has never been lower. We have Kuhnhenn fostered a deep hatred of americans in the Muslim world and that will grow. As a direct consequence our w Ashington ? a Senate nation is More vulnerable today than committee issued a scathing Ever repudiation yesterday of the John Mclaughlin who takes Over . Intelligence Community a pre War Cia director when George Tenet assessment that outlawed weapons retires sunday told a rare news con programs were operating in Iraq say Ference at Cia Headquarters in Lan ing the finding was hyped lacked Evi Gley va., that intelligence agencies Dence and driven by group already have taken Steps to address the Senate intelligence committee the defects behind the pre War Intelli report cited numerous examples in gence analysis. Which the Cia and other agencies put Bush said at a Campaign Stop into much Stock in weak information Pennsylvania that he had to read the Over relied on defectors and foreign report. But he said Saddam was intelligence services and were Ham threat that had to be eliminated. Strung by a failure to recruit spies in Saddam Hussein had the capacity Saddam Hussein sinner Circle. To make weapons. See he had the Abil moreover intelligence officials suf the report endorsed by All nine believed it. But the information was Ity to make them. He had the intent. Feed from group think a shared republicans and eight democrats on wrong. What he the president said we knew he hated America Bush conviction that Iraq was hiding a the committee found that the Prima was what he got from the intelligence said. We knew he tortured his own nuclear weapons program and Stock by reason president Bush gave for Community and what he got was people and we knew he had the Capa piling biological and chemical War attacking Iraq was untrue. ability of making weapons. The Heads. As a result they interpreted Bush made very declarative state sen. John Jay Rockefeller of West Haven to found the stockpiles but we do ambiguous evidence As proof and ments said sen. Pat Roberts r-kan., Virginia the panels senior Democrat know he could make rejected data that contradicted that the committees chairman. He made a said the Senate would to have voted for View the report said. Case to go to War. We All did. We War in october 2002 if it had known ? Knight Ridder newspapers ;