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Iraqis call Lynndie England jail term travesty
2005-09-29
Iraqis expressed fury on Wednesday over the three-year jail sentence for Lynndie England, the U.S. soldier notorious for holding a naked inmate by a leash in Abu Ghraib prison, saying it exposed American hypocrisy. They said the sentence would have been more harsh had she been convicted of abusing Americans. "America should be ashamed of this sentence. This is the best evidence that Americans have double standards," said Akram Abdel Amir, a retired bus driver in Baghdad. "There are Iraqis in jail without any charge, just based on suspicion. But when it comes to Americans, the matter is totally different."
I figured that'd be their reaction. And they're right. England should have gotten at least ten years.
Posted by:Fred

#12  The Iraqis "depicted" in this article clearly have never heard of a dishonorable discharge.
Posted by: Edward Yee   2005-09-29 20:37  

#11  Well, one of them who got the photos publicized is dead (Hackworth).
Posted by: Pappy   2005-09-29 18:48  

#10  of course, who knows how many Iraqis they had to interview to get the few knowing hate-filled answers..hmmm? Do you think the avg Achmed cares?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-09-29 18:29  

#9  You beat me to it, I agree the one who leaked the photos should be the one punished here.
We need to get a handle on the cameras in use in these parts, that they are putting others in harms way because of this nonsense.
Posted by: Jan   2005-09-29 17:03  

#8  Yep rjs, in this culture thatn be another $200 an hour.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-09-29 15:45  

#7  If it happened to Americans I seriously doubt she'd have gotten any sentence since humiliation by a woman is just not the same thing in our culture.

Of course if she taunted them with a cross, that might be different.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2005-09-29 15:09  

#6   I quess what they really want is her head. Come on, we all know it. Three years is plenty for a peon E-3.
Posted by: FeralCat   2005-09-29 12:41  

#5  how much time would irAqii' given al zarqari for beheading ppl
Posted by: Uninetle Hupating2229   2005-09-29 11:32  

#4  "America should be ashamed of this sentence. This is the best evidence that Americans have double standards," said Akram Abdel Amir, a retired bus driver in Baghdad.

This is the best example of "outrage" they could find? I'll wait for somebody other than Ralph al-Kramden to speak out against her sentence.

Personally, I think she should have gotten 10 years for being stupid.
Posted by: Chris W.   2005-09-29 09:41  

#3  I believe it was Graner's attorney who leaked the photos.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-09-29 09:39  

#2  I think the reporters who ran the photos deserve a jail sentence.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-09-29 07:26  

#1  I dunno, three years for Lyndie sounds about right. I think guy who leaked the photos is the one who deserves 10 years or more.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2005-09-29 01:07  

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