SOLDIERS IN SHAME
Brigadier General Janis Karpinski
Put in charge of the Iraqi prison system last June, General Karpinski,
left, the commander of the 800th military police brigade, is the only
female of her rank in Iraq.
Karpinski, who has been suspended,faces possible disciplinary action
and could face a court-martial.
Karpinski, 50, is a reservist who served in Saudi Arabia during the
1991 Gulf War. Before her suspension she was in charge of 15 jails and
had 3,400 troops under her command. She is married to a lieutenant
colonel who is based at the US embassy in Oman.
In civilian life Karpinski runs corporate executive training
programmes.
Ivan 'Chip' Frederick, 37, who is among six officers facing a court
martial from the 800th brigade's 372nd unit, is a correctional officer
who has been in the reserves for 20 years. His lawyer said "higher
ranking people" taught him how to humiliate Arabs. Frederick is the
only soldier involved in the abuse to have spoken on camera to 60
Minutes.
Lynndie England, 21, is one of the soldiers who were photographed
hamming it up in front of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners. She told
her mother in January just before the charges were laid about
potential problems with the prisoners.
Jeremy C Sivits from the same unit, told his father he "was told" to
take the pictures.
Sgt Javal S Davis Sgt Davis, 26, who faces court martial, has been in
the region since February 2003. His wife Zeenethia, also an army
reservist, says he believes he is a scapegoat.
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