UPDATED; March 8, 2005 SEE UPDATES BELOW: More egregious MILITARY INJUSTICE.. The military justice system is broke and needs fixing. big time.

I feel the Earth Move and it's the Founding Fathers and Mother Theresa spinning in their graves.

They reported for duty! They served in a psychological nightmare of war and chaos for which their commander-in-chief had no reason to send them and no plan to get them out! They were NOT trained to run a prison! They were NOT given enough clothing and food to supply and maintain all the detainees. THEY FOLLOWED ORDERS! They made some mistakes, but no one died and no one was seriously injured. So why are they being offered up as sacrificial lambs while others involved in ''multiple deaths of detainees" go free?

They were PRE-CONVICTED by their commander-in-chief?

UPDATES - More Injustice in the Military ~THE CHARGES - CRIMES~ REGULAR ARMY ACTIVE DUTY Soldier August 2002 Spc Ester Tuiasosopo, Fort Bragg, NC, arrested for breaking her 5-month old baby's leg and causing injuries to child's brain [fluid and blood found on CAT scan] shaken baby syndrome. Tuiasosopo's husband, Sgt. Derrick Leomit arrested and charged for allowing child abuse to occur in his home. NATIONAL GUARD Soldier PFC Deanna Allen showed her breasts during a mud-wrestling party while stationed in Iraq's hostile chaotic psychologicial nightmare. ~THE PUNISHMENTS FOR THE CRIMES~ Active Duty Regular Army Fort Bragg NC Spc Tuiasosopo, 16th Military Police, featured in a FULL PAGE photo op in the Fayetteville Observer on January 13, 2005 as returning to being a Mommy after serving a tour in Iraq as a "Military Police Soldier." Career Intact. [Does she sttill have a permit and carry a weapon, I wondered.] Active Duty Regular Army Fort Bragg Sgt. Leomiti is still on duty now deployed to Afghanistan. Career Intact {Does he still have a permit and carry a weapon?} NATIONAL GUARD PFC Allen, 105th Military Police, immediately demoted, sent to FORT BRAGG, NC, for dismissal to throw her out of the Army. Fort Bragg denied the press access to Pfc Allen. Pfc Allen's family has not been able to speak with her. WHY do they send National Guard and Reservists to Ft. Bragg for punishment when Ft. Bragg refuses to punish its' own? ~!~ The moral of this story is when faced with a choice of showing breasts (National Guard) or breaking a child's leg and causing shaken baby brain injuries (Regular Army) is, --- well, career wise, it's obvious. FORT BRAGG obviously considers it to be less of a crime to break a 5 month old baby's leg and injure its' brain and a more egregious crime to show your breasts. It also ''begs'' a lot questions. !!UPDATES: ACTIVE DUTY REGULAR ARMY NOT CHARGED - NOT IDENTIFIED - The U. S. Military is still ''investigating'' deaths of two detainees in December 2002 (over 2 years ago) in which two dozen Fort Bragg Regular Army Soldiers are implicated. No one identified by name - no charges filed. June 2003 - A dozen or more paratroopers from Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division beat two detainees over the course of eight hours;. Witnesses said that sandbags were put over their heads, hands bound behind them, taken to makeshift base at a horse stable; then they were beaten in their heads, backs, and sides; - beaten so severely that blood dripped from inside the bags which covered their heads and NO MEDICAL assistance was provided. Army had no comment other than an investigation is under way. No one identified by name - no charges filed. April 2004 - Pat Tillman killed. May 29, 2004 - Army found Tillman killed by enemy gunfire. Tillman's family wants answers. December 2004 - Fort Bragg U S Special Forces will re-investigate Tillman's death. May 2004: U. S. Special Forces Regular Army troops commit indiscriminate assaults on civilians in two Afghan villages WITNESSED BY TWO SENIOR PSY OPS OFFICERS -- investigation closed because villagers could not be interviewed as they lived in a high-threat area. TWO (2) EYE WITNESSES!! - No one identified by name - no charges filed. Feburary 2005: --ACLU made public Army files about fresh cases of abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. The files show U. S. troops in Afghanistan posed for photos of mock executions with hooded and bound prisoners, BUT OTHER PICTURES DEPICTING ABUSE WERE DESTROYED TO AVERT ANOTHER PUBLIC EMBARASSMENT AFTER THE ABU GHRAIB APRIL 2004 SCANDAL. No one identified by name - no charges filed. --Regular Army U. S. Soldier shot unarmed Iraqi prisoner; September 2003. No court martial. Administrative punishment of reduction in rank and discharged from Army. There is no explanation in records why the soldier wasn't charged with murder and the Army investigation was closed. Not identified by name - no charges filed. --Documents revealed 4 dozen cases of soldiers assaulting, robbing, mistreating, and killing Iaqi civilians and prisoners. Administrative punishments of reprimands, rank reducton, and pay forfeiture were given. Twelve deaths of prisoners were determined by the ARMY to be from 'natural causes.' No one identified by name - no charges filed. November 2003: Regular Army Fort Bragg Soldier Sgt. Dennis Edwards, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, MAY FACE LYING CHARGES for telling untrue story of shooting an Iraqi boy who pretended to be wounded but pulled AK47 and then found to have explosives strapped to his body, to high school students. ---Major Amy Hannah, 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg spokesperson said he admitted he lied and his command determined he made false statements. ---Sgt First Class Chris Fletcher said he MAY face charges under UCMJ or he could face NO PUNISHMENT -- IT IS THE COMMANDER'S OPTION. Sgt Edwards also made public comments about Bush and the war but he will not be punished for those remarks. PUNISHMENT; UNKNOWN. 2003 - U. S. Soldiers shot at car carrying Italian official Pietro Cordone, heading up U. S. efforts to recover Iraq's looted antiquities. Cordone was unhurt but his Iraqi translator was killed. No one identified by name - no charges filed, no follow-up investigation report found. 2005 - U. S. Soldiers shot at car carrying freed Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena wounding her and killing Nicola Calipari who covered Sgrena when the shooting stated and gave his life to save hers. [A FORT BRAGG GENERAL has been assigned to investigate. Is he investigating his own troops?] February 19, 2005: The U. S. Military is investigating two U. S. Special Forces Regular Army soldiers in shooting death of two unarmed villagers, both aged 22. Two witnesses said that after shooting the two unarmed young men, two U. S. Special Forces soldiers approached Naib, who was still alive and shot him dead at close range. Base Commander LTC Hayes said at the time of the shooting there he had seen no evidence of Taliban or Al Qaeda activity. Familes of dead men paid $2,000 each. No one identified by name - no charges filed, no follow up report. **February 2005 the U. S. Military dismissed concerns expressed by a U. N. rights investigator about allegations of prisoner abuse, saying an internal investigation, which has yet to be make public, had found that detainees were treated humanely. {Capt. Carolyn Wood** testified under oath that her Fort Bragg soldiers interrogated detainees by treating them with respect and dignity. This testimony was given during PFC Lynndie England's Article 32 Hearing, and used to determined that England should stand a court martial.) ~**Captain Wood's soldiers are ''implicated in at least 3 deaths of detainees since Dec. 2002. ~~>Army Reservists are in prison for posing in photos, and no one died. =====Previous Injustices found===== July 1998: Regular Army Major General David Hale, Deputy Inspector General of the U. S. Army, accused of coercing Donnamaria Carpino, military spouse, into sexual relationship by threatening her husband's career: PUNISHMENT: allowed to retire early. March 1998: Regular Army Command Sergeant of the U. S. Army Gene McKinney charged with making threats, mistreating subordinates, indecent assault, adultery, and obstructing justice. PUNISHMENT: Reduction in grade, Reprimand, put in another very high ranking position of Comand Sergeant Major and allowed to perform duty until he wants to retire.

PRE-CONVICTION ORDERS George W. Bush declared that the incidents at Abu Ghraib involved actions "by a few American troops who disregarded our country and disregarded our values." Bush assured the Arab world that "people will be held to account" for the "horrible" and "abhorrent abuses." Bush expressed "deep disgust" at the abuse. "That's not the way we do things in America," he said. "I didn't like it one bit." Mr. Bush told Defense Secretary to throw the book at those responsible for abusing Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison. "The President wanted to make sure appropriate action was being taken against those responsible for these shameful, appalling acts," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. The Pentagon has previously claimed that the sexual and physical abuse that happened at the prison was just misconduct of a few "bad apples" acting on their own initiative. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld condemned the abuse of Iraqi prisoners and said the Defense Department would move vigorously to bring those responsible to justice. General John Abizaid said the accused will never wear the uniform again. General Peter Schoomaker, Army Chief of Staff, said "There is no question that the potential consequences of this incident are huge, but we must not forget that they are not representative of the Army or that they are the acts of a few." Alberto R. Gonzales, January 7, 2005, NCB17 News, North Carolina morning news, said "This was simply people who were morally bankrupt . . . trying. . . having fun and I condemn that." DONE DEAL! GUILTY!! SCHEDULE THE PRE-CONVICTION CEREMONIES!! WHY BOTHER WITH A COURT MARITAL? Who is going to defy the Commander-in-Chief, the Secretary of Defense? It's probably a violation of the UCMJ to do so. UCMJ = Uniform Code of Military Justice. A guidebook on how to control and manipulate hearings and court martial for the benefit of the Military Commanders with no regard for truth and justice, Before the facts were in; before the investigations were started; they were condemned and convicted by their Commander-in-Chief and the Secretary of Defense, the Army Chief of Staff, and high ranking officials. I find these actions at the highest level of command and responsibility to be irresponsible, self-serving, dishonorable, and cowardly. Reservists should be warned that one of their main duties is to serve as scapegoats for the ''Regular'' Army. ~Perhaps then they would choose to go ''Regular Army" as it is more judicious and safer. Not much safer, but a lot more so than the Reserves during occupation of a foreign nation without justification or reason.~

ABUSE OF POWER, AUTHORITY AND COMMAND It is important to first understand the scenario and the players. Army Reserve and Army National Guard - part time soldiers dedicated to the same mission but doing it in less time with sub-standard equipment such as the unit given unsafe vehicles without armor and then demeaned and punished.. Regular Active Duty Army - Full time Soldiers, such as Fort Bragg, 82nd Airborne, whose unit did not deploy until their humvees were outfitted with armor (a rush job was ordered for the armor).. Abu Ghraib is a huge prison. Tier 1A of Abi Ghraib was the cell block where they held detainees who were considered to be the most dangerous and/or have knowledge which could be valuable to the Army/Military. Abu Ghraib Prison was under the command of General Janis Karpinski, Army Reservist. Her job was to run the prison. This did NOT include any involvement in interrogation of detainees. She was prohibited from participation in interrogations in Tier 1A. Her soldiers were also prohibited from participation in interrogations in Tier 1A. Based on my research of the policy of punishing Reserve and National Guard while not even charging Regular Army active duty it is reasonable to assume that Active Duty Colonel Pappas would not take orders from an FEMALE RESERVE GENERAL. She was telling the truth when she said she wasn't allowed in Tier 1A at certain times and she had zero to do with the actions for which she was punished. Tier-1A was under the command and control of Active Duty Army Colonel Thomas Pappas. [Captain Carolyn Wood and her Fort Bragg Intelligence Interrogators and Analysts defined procedures, issued orders and instructions to Staff Sgt Ivan "Chip" Frederick II and Cpl Charles Graner and the Army Reserve Military Police (MP) to "prepare TIER-1A detainees for interrogation]. Captain Carolyn Wood testified under oath at PFC Lynndie England's Article 32 Hearing that her soldiers interrogated detainees by treating them with dignity and respect. [Sworn testimony during PFC England's Article 32 Hearing.] However, about two dozen of her soldiers are now implicated in the deaths of several detainees who DIED during interrogation by her troops. No charges have been filed; investigation status unknown. The Army Reserve Military Police were there to run the prison, clothe, feed, and take care of the facility and occupants. They had no training for this job. They were prohibited from being present when detainees were 'interrogated'. They did not have enough clothing for the detainees. They did not have enough food for the detainees. They relied on those with experience to provide guidance, policy, and orders. When asked about the female underwear for the male detainees, a soldier testified that was all he had; that he regurlary requested appropriate clothing and food but never received enough to properly support the detainees. [Sworn testimony during PFC England's Article 32 Hearing.] The abuse for which the Reservists are going to prison occurred in TIER-1A, which was owned and controlled by Fort Bragg's Military Intelligence Unit. The Reservists MPs were NOT allowed in the area when detainees were being interrogated. Who would believe that the Elite Fort Bragg Regular Army Unit would let untrained Army Reservists make any decisions or conduct any activity without their permission and approval? No intelligent thinking individual could believe that. I feel it is an act of cowardice, as well as perjury, a lie, and misleading and allows these regular Army officials to use the Reservists as ''scapegoats" to deflect attention away from their felony abuse and death of detainees. My research is a ''fact'' finding mission searching for Truth and trying to insure Justice and Equality for all of our SOLDIERS. {The abject failure of the Commander-in-Chief, Secretary of Defense down through the chain of command to insure due process, justice, and equal treatment for ALL soldiers is disgusting and brings shame upon America.} Begs the question - how these superior officers and leaders plan on making Iraq and Afghanistan a 'democracy', when they cannot and will not insure our Reserve soldiers are not "railroaded into prison" for misdemeanors while those who allegedely committed murder - go uncharged and free. UN-AMERICAN! Active Duty Regular Army Commanders are charging, punishing, and sending to prison Army Reserve soldiers. Active Duty Regular Army Commanders are NOT charging, punishing, and sending to prison their OWN "regular Army" Soldiers for felonious crimes of homicide, assault, etc. much worse issues than those for which the Army Reservists are going to prison for. FOR EXAMPLE: "Army Reservist" Cpl Charles Graner is going to prison for 10 years and the worst thing he did was throw a couple punches, pose in pictures and had some personal moral issues. He was serving in a hell hole in a war which had been declared over for almost a year, in a job for which he nor his people were trained, and he was "following orders". COMPARE WITH: Two dozen "Active Duty Regular Army Fort Bragg Soldiers" Abu Ghraib Interrogators, Analysts, who were in charge of Tier 1A Interrogations and who are involved in the deaths of at least 3 detainees - yet these soldiers are NOT named, NOT identified, NOT charged, NOT punished. FREE.. UNCHARGED...STILL PERFORMING DUTY.. UNPUNISHED ** AND AT LEAST 3 DETAINEES DIED DURING THEIR INTERROGATION In addition, their leader, Captain Carolyn Wood testified under oath at PFC England's Article 32 Hearing that her people only interrogated detainees by treating them with respect and dignity. Did she commit perjury? ----->Was PFC England ordered to meet a Court Martial using evidence from a Hearing in which perjury may have been committed? <----- Okay - Did the Regular Army Military Intelligence officers and soldiers who were trained experienced and had served as Interrogators, Analysts, agents, etc. in handling of detainees LET untrained, inexperienced Army Reservists make decisions on their own to "prepare detainees for interrogations?" Yeah Right - sure they did. Ironically, many of these Fort Bragg soldiers were in charge of the Tier 1A detainees, where Cpl Graner worked. Cpl Graner's job was to follow their orders. This wasn't Fort Dix - this was a place of horror, chaos, and a psychological nightmare for both detainees and soldiers. Cpl Graner reported for duty -- he followed orders -- and those who allegedly subsequently caused the deaths of detainees are still working in their jobs, not charged and not punished by the SAME GENERAL (Lt General John R. Vines**) who ordered PFC England to stand a court martial and face 38 years in prison and her most egregious act was stepping on toes and fingers, posing in pictures, and personal immorality issues.. Well, I personally know of a high ranking married E-8 on Fort Bragg who is having affair with a low ranking member of his unit; they have a baby together (baby is now 1 year and 8 months old.) I kept thinking to myself - this soldier could be selected to sit on a Jury and convict PFC England for the same offense he is commiting. **Lt General John R.Vines took command of coalition ground forces in Iraq Thursday, February 10, 2005. He lauded and praised his Fort Bragg 82nd Airborne troops, and said he was impressed with U.S., British, Italian, and other coalition forces who are working under difficult and dangerous conditions. [He did not praise the Army Reserve and Army National Guard. I believe the exact words of one of his 82nd Airborne soldiers were "there is a big difference between professional soldiers and reserve soldiers and said the whole scandal boils down to unit discipline." "These people need to be put under the jail. "] Lt General John R. Vines is the General who ordered Army Reservist PFC Lynndie England to a Court Martial which could send her to prison for 38 years. This is the General of the Regular Fort Bragg soldiers who are 'implicated in the deaths of detainees' but who remain free and uncharged. I feel like issuing a WARNING to the Reserves and National Guard - standby to serve as scapegoats on an 'as needed' basis. THE ARMY RESERVE COMMANDERS SHOULD BE MAKING THE DECISIONS FOR ARMY RESERVE SOLDIERS AND CONDUCTING ANY MILITARY TRIALS AND ISSUING PUNISHMENTS. THE ACTIVE DUTY REGULAR ARMY SHOULD NEVER BE GIVEN THIS AUTHORITY OVER RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS. THE ACTIVE DUTY REGULAR ARMY HAS PROVEN THAT THEY CANNOT BE FAIR AND INSURE ALL SOLDIERS DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL TREATMENT. Personally and professionally, I find this to be cowardly, self-serving and egregious injustice. Quite possibly, Captain Jeffrey MacDonald is right and has been in prison for over 30 years for something he did not do and as a direct result of Fort Bragg incompetence and cover up and denial of evidence to be presented which could clear Captain MacDonald. The gross misuse of power and authority by Army Commanders has been identified as a problem in the Army for decades. It is not a new problem. Female soldiers who are raped are harassed, treated badly and thrown out of the Army; rapists not charged or punished. Children suffer abuse, neglect, maltreatment, and sometimes death during child abuse due to the same neglect of Army command and their refusal to accept child abuse reports and those who would report it are harassed, intimidated, and threatened. FORT BRAGG is in 1st Place for children being killed during child abuse in North Carolina, revealed September 24, 2004, by the NC Child Advocacy Institute's 16 year study of Child Fatalities. In the interest of AMERICAN VALUES, JUSTICE, HONOR, EQUALITY, and DUE PROCESS FOR ALL -- These despicable unAmerican preconviction ceremonies of Army Reservists as Scapegoats to deflect attention away from the gross felonious crimes of the Regular Active Duty Army personnel should be invalidated and overturned - Immediately! The Active Duty Regular Army command officials have mis-used and abused their power and these mistakes and injustices need to be corrected. Then, and only then, will the 'motto' making America Safer be legitimate. Listed below is evidence and proof that demonstrates and gives credence to my beliefs and perceptions. (All information was taken from legitimate media websites, TV news, and newspapers.)

THE PUNISHED and the UN-PUNISHED Active Duty Army Lt. General Ricardo S. Sanchez endorsed interrogation tactics not approved of, painful stress positions, nudity, use of military working dogs. Cited for leadership failure. Sanchez cited for creating an environment that contributed to the torture of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Chairman Joints Chief of Staff General Myers want to promote Sanchez to 4 star general. Army Reservist - Brig. General Janis Karpinski, immediately suspended by e-mail which did NOT even state a reason and before investigations even started. Gen Karpinski's testimony and her statement disregarded and treated as false. Career ruined. Active Duty Army Maj. General Barbara Fast blamed for failing to properly monitor activities by CIA interrogators at Abu Ghraib recommended for a new command position at the Army's intelligence school in Arizona. Awarded new Command position. Active Duty Army Maj. General Geoffrey D. Miller sent to Abu Ghraib in August 2003 [long before the Army National Guard's 372nd Military Police arrived for duty] by Brig General Boykin to provide advice on screening of detainees, their interrogations and the collection of evidence. Among General Miller's recommendations was that Military Police be actively involved in "setting the conditions" for successful interrogations. The international explosion of prisoner abuse took place shortly after Gen. Miller's visit. [Washington Post news November 2004} Gen Miller was sent back to Iraq in March 2004 as Deputy Commander of Multinational Force responsible for ''detainee operations". Gen Miller assigned to senior staff job in the Pentagon in November 2004. Awarded new senior staff position in The Pentagon. Active Duty Army Brig. General William Boykin, A Defense Department investigation found the Pentagon's senior military intelligence office violated three internal regulations and he failed to report reimbursement of travel costs and recommended that the Secretary of the Army take appropriate corrective action . A senior Defense official said it was a complete exoneration finding Boykin responsible for a few "relatively minor offenses". Boykin violated regulations by appearing in 23 religious-oriented events (mostly Baptist or Pentecostal Churches) proclaiming that God had put President Bush in the White House and referring to the enemy in terrorism fight as Satan. He also failed to report reimbursement of travel costs from one of the religious groups. MSNBC on 18 May 2004 broke the story that Gen. Boykin, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, was ordered to "Gitmoize" the Abu Ghraib prison. He subsequently sent Gen. Miller to Abu Ghraib to provide advice regarding detainee interrogation methods. Not charged . Not punished. Active Duty Army Colonel Thomas Pappas present in the shower where a detainee, Manadel al-Jamadi, died during interrogation in November 2003, and participated in cover-up of this death by placing body on ice and hooking up a fake IV. Maj General Taguba concluded Lt Colonel Jordan was directly or indirectly responsible for the abuses at Abu Ghraib. Colonel Pappas reprimanded for failure to ensure his soldiers were trained in applying Geneva Conventions. Investigators in the Abu Ghraib abuse recommended he be punished. Administrative reprimand; career intact. Active Duty Army Lt Colonel Steven L. Jordan, along with Colonel Pappas, present in shower with dead detainee, ordered soldier to go to mess hall for ice to preserve the body overnight to cover up the death. Investigators in the Abu Ghraib abuse recommended he be punished. While he reported to Pappas, it was Army Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, head of military intelligence in Iraq, who assigned Jordan to Abu Ghraib. He arrived Sept. 17, weeks before the rash of prisoner mistreatment. Some of the guards who testified said they were told to abuse prisoners by military intelligence officers under Jordan, and Jordan was aware of the abuse. "I know Gen. Sanchez was in our knickers," Jordan said, "to get more information from detainees." Maj General Taguba concluded that Lt Colonel Jordan was either directly or indirectly responsible for the abuses at Abu Ghraib. Charges/punishment: Unknown ~ Where is Lt Colonel Jordan? Army National Guard Major David Culbreth - fired from his full time job in the Active Guard Reserve at Fort Bragg. based on a e-mail he sent from his home account to Colonel Aikens. Colonel Aikens said it was "unauthorized interception of his e-mails while he was in Kuwait." The motivation was said to be "retaliation" for their involvement in a complaint about a protégé of Maj. General William Ingram. Fired for sending e-mail. Active Duty Army Captain Matthew Cunningham and two other Army commanders [not identified] granted `immunity` to testify that they lied and admitted that, in attempt to cover up it up, they told their soldiers to "clam up" about the incident in which two Iraqi civilians were forced off a bridge into Tigris River. One reportedly drowned. Active Duty Army officers granted IMMUNITY. [Their four soldiers face courts martial.] Officers careers intact. Active Duty Army Captain Carolyn Wood, Fort Bragg, led the interrogation team at Bagram in Afghanistan during which time there were two (2) homicides of two detainees during interrogation in December 2002; both men had been chained to the ceiling - one at the waist and one by the wrists and both suffered "blunt force trauma to the legs" and had been beaten by "multiple soldiers" who used their own knees to cause the injuries. Mullah Habibullah died Dec. 4 of a pulmonary embolism apparently caused by blood clots that formed in his legs as a result of his beatings. Diliwar, who suffered from a heart condition, died Dec 10 and his death was blamed on the beatings he received causing his heart attack. quote "Those procedures became the template, the reports said, for the unauthorized practices of interrogators at Abu Ghraib from a unit of 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, which had worked closely with paramilitary forces in Afghanistan and was assigned to the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade in Iraq that was in charge of interrogations at Abu Ghraib." end quite . The 519th Military Intelligence Battalion (from Fort Bragg) controlled the Abu Ghraib interrogation center was reported in the New York Times to have developed aggressive rules and procedures while it was stationed in Afghanistan and imported them to Abu Ghraib in Iraq. Captain Wood, however, said her people had no control over members of England's unit and that the 'cage' is completely run by the MPs. During PFC Lynndie England's Article 32 hearing, Captain Carolyn Wood testified under oath that her troops interrogated detainees with respect and dignity, She now finds her interrogators implicated in the deaths of at least 3 detainees during interrogation and involvement in the abuse at Abu Ghraib and Bagram. They are unidentified, uncharged, and unpunished as of this writing, of course. They are "Real Active Duty Army" not a bunch of rogue Reservists. Captain Carolyn Wood Uncharged. Unpunished. Career intact. Awarded 2 BRONZE STARS. Active Duty Regular Army - 28 Soldiers (most from Fort Bragg) implicated in death of 2 detainees) -- Investigation is not complete. The deaths were documented as HOMICIDES. No Active Duty Fort Bragg soldiers identified or charged. The same Fort Bragg soldiers later transferred to Abu Ghraib and were involved in the abuse and detainee death there. Unidentified, not charged. Not punished. Fort Bragg is not ready to comment on the investigation findings or any possible discipline against its personnel. the only soldier charged and identified was a Reservist. --- Army Reservist Sgt. James P. Boland of the Army Reserve's 377th Military Police Company based in Cincinnati, charged with assault and dereliction of duty. **The only one identified, charged and punished was a RESERVIST! Of course. Three members of the Military Intelligence Battalion received administrative punishments - not courts martial for "failure to follow proper procedures established by the chain of command," Lt Colonel Billy J. Buckner, a Fort Bragg spokesman said. Army Reserve Captain Donald J. Reese. Commander 372nd Military Police testified that military intelligence clearly controlled the cellblock where his soldiers worked the night shift. Reese, the commander of the 372nd Military Police Company, said that several types of interrogators were operating at Abu Ghraib to the extent it became difficult to keep track. He named interrogators from the CIA, the FBI, military intelligence and military police. "It was very confusing," he said. "Sometimes they wore civilian clothes, sometime military uniforms. And military intelligence had their name tags removed sometimes." Captain Reese said he was summoned one night in November to a shower room at the prison, where he discovered the body of a bloodied detainee. A group of intelligence personnel was standing around the body, discussing what to do, he said. Colonel Thomas Pappas, commander of military intelligence at the prison, was among those present. Captain Reese said an army colonel sent a soldier to the mess hall for ice to preserve the body overnight. No medics were called. The detainee's identification was never recorded. Captain Reese testified that he heard Colonel Pappas say at one point: "I'm not going down for this alone." An autopsy the next day determined the man's death was caused by a blood clot resulting from a blow to the head. The body was hooked up to an intravenous drip as if the prisoner was alive and taken out of the jail. There is no known record of what happened to the body after that. Active Duty Army Colonel Pappas and those present at detainee's death - career intact: Captain Reese's career destroyed. Army Reservist Staff Sgt Ivan Frederick II Army Reservist Cpl Charles Graner Army Reservist Spc Sabrina Harman Army Reservist Spc Megan Ambuhl Army Reservist Pfc Lynndie England Army Reservist Spc Jeremy C. Sivits Army Reservist Sgt Javal Davis ~~~~~~Careers destroyed. Lives ruined. Children deprived of PARENTS. ~~~~~~Serving prison sentences or awaiting "Pre-conviction Ceremony". .....all soldiers, without question, reported for duty in Iraq, and were pre-convicted by the White House and Pentagon and their Superiors on the spot ..... No one died! No one even hospitalized. Soldiers denied equal due process granted to Active Duty Army; prosecuted as scapegoats! Active Duty Army Fort Bragg 82nd Airborne soldiers accused of beating three of Reuters Iraqi journalists. The journalists Salem Ureibi, Ahmad Mohammad Hussein al Badrani and Sattar Jabar al-Badrani said they were taunted, beaten, forced to make demeaning gestures while paratroopers from the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment photographed them. Two of the journalists said they had been forced to inset a finger into their anus and then lick it and were forced to put their shoes in their mouth (a humiliation in Arab culture). An 82nd Airborne Division Investigation dated January 28 2004, found no specific incidents of abuse. The 82nd said soldiers for the detainees were interviewed under oath and "none admit or report knowledge of physical abuse or torture." The 82nd did not interview the three journalists. Reuters disagreed with the 82nd's conclusion saying the investigation was "woefully inadequate" and along with other inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the report it speaks volumes about the seriousness with which they take this issue. Reuters is urging the Defense Department to investigate. 82nd investigated themselves and found themselves not guilty. Active Duty Army Fort Bragg soldiers (three soldiers not identified) with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion accused of assault on an Abu Ghraib female detainee: Administrative punishment: $500.00 fine and reduced in rank. Active Duty Army Fort Bragg 82nd Airborne soldier hit a handcuffed prisoner on the head with the butt of his M-4 rifle. The PFC, whose name is being withheld for privacy reasons, was reduced in rank, docked one-half month's salary for two months, and restricted to base for 45 days with 45 days of extra duty. Administrative punishment. Active Duty Army Fort Bragg soldiers [three Military Intelligence Battalion soldiers at Abu Ghraib] "failure to follow proper procedures established by the chain of command. Administrative punishments! Active Duty Army Supervisors at Abu Ghraib, eight leaders, failed to properly supervise soldiers. Administrative punishment: Unspecified punishment. Active Duty Army Interrogator, 104th Military Intelligence struck a detainee's feet, back and buttocks with a baton; witnessed by another soldier without reporting it. Both soldiers administratively relieved of interrogation duties. Active Duty female Soldier (not identified) observed a US translator commit a rape and sexual assault of an unknown female. Not named. Not charged. Active Duty Army Military Intelligence soldiers employed tactics to set the stage for subsequent escalation of maltreatment. Not named. Not charged. Active Duty Army Spc. Hannah Schlegel, Military Intelligence Analyst, testified that when she first arrived at Abu Ghraib she found reservists (military police) kept some prisoners naked around the clock. She was told there were not enough jumpsuits to go around. She testified that the guards felt nudity helped them maintain dominance over the prisoners. Schlegel said she and other intelligence officers asked for sheets to cover prisoners while they were interrogated because they "didn't like it all". Instead of reporting it to her own superiors as required, she chose to go to the guards and she accepted that it was being "taken care of." Spc Schlegel did not identify the MPs by name. Failed to report abuse to her superiors is dereliction of duty. Schlegel not charged. Not punished. Active Duty Army Military Intelligence Officer, two officers from Fort Carson, two warrant officers and two ''special forces unit members' in November 2003, allegedly suffocated an Iraqi General, Abed Hamed Mowhoush, in a sleeping bag while sitting on his chest and covering his mouth. As of 23 June 2004 their Active Duty Army Commander Col. David Teeples has "been reluctant to pursue charges." Active Duty Army Special Forces (including officer known only as "Mike") involved in death of Jamal Naseer; other survivors say they were beaten, hung upside down and struck repeatedly with sticks, rubber hoses and cables; some alleged they were immersed in cold water, made to lie in snow and subjected to electric shock. Incident occurred March 2003; reported by AP 21 September 2004. Chris Grey, spokesman for the Army's Criminal Investigation Command said the case was closed earlier but investigation is now ongoing. Unidentified, uncharged, unpunished. Army Reservists, 320th Military Police Battalion, Master Sergeant Lisa Girman, Sgt First Class Scott McKenzie, Spc Tim Canjar and Sgt. Shawna Edmondson arraigned 14 November 2003 charged with dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment of an enemy prisoner of war, false official statement to military authorities, obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice and assault consummated by battery of an enemy prisoner of war. it was reported that sometimes as few as 100 MPs were guarding 8,000 prisoners.] Girman, McKenzie and Canjar accepted non-judicial punishment and were discharged from military service. Edmonson agreed to an Other Than Honorable Discharge. Careers Ruined. CACI International whose interrogators were involved in Abu Ghraib scandal gets $266 million in contracts. Titan Corp, tied to the Abu Ghraib abuses, awarded a six-month "bridging contract" worth $400 million to keep 4,000 translators working in Iraq until September 2005; $300 million National Security Deal; $1 billion Navy technical contract; and a $109 million Navy contract. Awarded major monetary contracts - Profit. September 2004 probe by Maj. Gen Fay identified 27 people attached to the Active Duty Army Military Intelligence Brigade who are accused of complicity in the mistreatment at Abu Ghraib. Unidentified; uncharged; unpunished. ~ ~ ~ ~ An Army National Guard unit identified unsafe equipment, vehicles and lack of armor was immediately charged and punishment recommended. Active Duty Fort Bragg unit got a "rush job" and had armor put on vehicles before they deployed. Not going to send the "Elite Regular Army" until they get new armor.

PRISONERS OF POLITICS

The most powerful men in the Military of the World's Super Power hiding behind a one-stripe low-ranked young female is not courageous - it is cowardice. Sending soldiers to prison for misdemeanors while letting those who were involved in HOMICIDES go free does not give the 'image' of equality, due process, and justice in AMERICA.

Several of the men involved in setting the Torture Agenda and standards are slowly becoming Cabinet Members.

I'd rather serve prison time with the Reservists than honor those who put them there.

IT'S UN-AMERICAN and it is not an act of courage - it is despicable and it brings shame upon those who failed to insure EQUAL treatment and due process for Army Reservists.

It is inhumane and it is unAmerican.

LYNCHING LYNNDIE 82nd Airborne Paratroopers (who requested to be ANONYM`OUS) give a reporter their opinion of PFC Lynndie England and the Army Reservists! The article was published May 15, 2004, "Iraqi prisoner abuse angers Fort Bragg soldiers." The article contained a color photograph of PFC Lynndie England. {I remember thinking at the time they wanted to make sure everyone could recognize her so as not to taint themselves by associating with her.} Quoted below are the remarks of Fort Bragg 82nd Airborne Paratroopers published in media news: Fort Bragg paratroopers who served in Iraq are angry that the abuse of detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison has overshadowed the sacrifices they made. When Maj. Gen. Taguba reported it "was a leadership failure", "that baffled the paratroopers, who are known for their strict standards." "The paratroopers said there is a big difference between professional soldiers and reserve soldiers and said the whole scandal boils down to unit discipline." "They were over there playing and acting like kids without supervision," the intelligence specialist said. "These people need to be put under the jail." "... public attention has turned almost entirely to a small number of soldiers who were doing wrong. The soldiers at the center of the scandal are members of an Army Reserve military police unit from Maryland." "It has to be fixed ....." "The troops are doing great work and are being tarnished by a few." "At the center of the scandal is Pfc. Lynndie R. England, who has been charged with abusing prisoners." The 82nd soldiers say she isn't a welcome addition to the post." "It is going to put a bad name on all the guys at Fort Bragg that did good things over there," one said. "Paratroopers say they never saw anything like what happened in the prison." "There are morals to it. .. There is a right and a wrong." said a paratrooper who was based in Baghdad. "When 82nd paratroopers captured suspected insurgents, they said, their training taught them to keep those being detained safe and secure." The Fort Bragg paratroopers asked that their names not be used. This is habit with Fort Bragg. I thought to myself "could these paratroopers sit on her court martial? They have yet to identify their troops names who were involved in the killing of 3 detainees as far back as December 2002. - could one of these sit on her jury? The intelligence specialist went on to say "He and other paratroopers said they were taught the Geneva Conventions and reviewed the rules of engagement before every mission." ***** UH OH !!! WHAT'S THIS? One week later on May 22, 2004, the news reported: "Bragg Military Intelligence Company Scrutinized over Iraqi Prison Abuse." A Senate hearing brought to light that three members of the FORT BRAGG Military Intelligence Battalion received administrative punishments - not courts martial for "failure to follow proper procedures established by the chain of command," Lt Colonel Billy J. Buckner, a Fort Bragg spokesman said. Subsequently, 28 members of the Active Duty Regular Army, most of them stationed at Fort Bragg, have been implicated in the deaths of two detainees in Afghanistan in December 2002 and one detainee at Abu Ghraib in November 2003. YEP! The same unit and personnel from Afghanistan were at Abu Ghraib during the photo abuse; however, they testified under oath they interrogate detainees by treating them with respect and dignity. I'm speechless. Well - they took care of this by charging and punishing one reservist - Sgt. Boland. (see the Punished v the Un-Punished). While I was busy being astounded at such inhumanity, injustice, lack of professionalism, lack of due process, abject failure of command, total disregard for facts and truth -- I was watching the local news. Although it could be unrelated to the Abu Ghraib, it is noteworthy that on September 24, 2004, a 16-year study by the North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute revealed that children (ages 0-10) of Fort Bragg are two and half times more likely to be killed during child abuse than other children statewide. FORT BRAGG IS IN FIRST PLACE for having more children ages 0 to 10 be killed during child abuse. Fort Bragg solved this by KILLING THE NEWS. Their efforts and focus is on having all reports of child abuse and violence on their post kept out of the media news. The negtive Fort Bragg news seems to be news that Fort Bragg cannot escape which happens off post and can be heared on scannres by police and other citizens. Februrary 2005 one solder shot wife and another soldier then committed suicide; another solider and 16 year old girl shot and killed; off post of course. The soldier who killed himself had just attended Fort Bragg's anger management class that very same day. I've attended this class in 2003. It is NOT designed to help those who have serious issues and need ''real'' help. Fort Bragg is a scary place for adults; imagine how the children of neglect, maltreatment, and abuse must feel. Those who died during child abuse cannot feel anymore; not even their pain and anguish The Garrison Commander said he didn't have the figures but he disagreed with NCCAI figures. Fort Bragg does not keep track of children killed during Child Abuse by Fort Bragg parents and/or caregivers. The typical Fort Bragg solution was implemented; the Garrison Commander regurgitated their concern for children and their superior programs to prevent child fatalities and the story died a Swift Media Death - RIP.   FORT BRAGG is, after all, up for the Army Community of Excellence Award; cannot have those pesky child fatalities botching it up. The display of disgust for PFC England and the Army Reservists was kept alive and fortified by the Fort Bragg JAG Prosecution Team while denying PFC England's defense lawyer's requests for evidence and witnesses. All was going well for the Prosecution. [The active duty male Captain JAG prosecutor kept telling Army Reservist Colonel Denise Arn what her job was as the Hearing Officer. This is a violation of the UCMJ showing disrespect for a superior officer, but what the heck - she's only a Reservist.] The media cheering section were verbally pro-Fort Bragg Prosecution. The choice of what to report by the media was selective and pro-Bragg JAG. Active Duty Army Lt General John Vines denied Army Reservist Colonel Denise Arn's recommendation to drop two of the charges and ordered PFC England to meet a court martial.. They want her to go to prison for 38 years. Captain Carolyn Wood testified under oath at PFC England's Article 32 Hearing that her people interrogated detainees by treating them with respect and dignity. I asked the question - "Is anyone going to challenge her testimony seeing as how 'her people' are implicated in the deaths of at least 3 detainees? Could this be perjury?" Unless, of course, one can consider Death By Dignity is permissible under the Geneva Convention, Rules of Engagement, and policy and procedure. It was decided to transfer PFC England's Pre-Conviction Ceremony to Fort Hood, Texas. The youngest, most inexperienced, lowest ranking, FEMALE, Reservist; more than likely - FOLLOWING ORDERS - must be served up as the Abu Ghraib Poster Girl. Preconviction ordered by George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, General Schoomaker, General Abizaid and now Attorney General Gonzales. I have a LOT of trouble watching men of rank, power and authority hiding behind a young low-ranking girl and tossing her to the wolves to deflect attention away from their responsibility for the abuses and torture. This does not show bravery - it reeks of something else and it is not honorable. Though they gather in groups the Wicked will not go unpunished. Have you experienced military injustice or do you just wish to make a comment? e-mail me: myra-36@webtv.net