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Lynndie England (left) walks with her mother, Terrie England, outside of the XVIII Airborne Corps Judge Advocate Building Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004, at Fort Bragg, N.C. England was appearing for an Article 32 hearing on charges of abusing Iraqi detainees and possession of sexually explicit pho-J tos not involving detainees. HEY AGG! I V England prisoner abuse pretrial hearing ends, more charges recommended Try All The Winning Varieties! ©HOT POCKETS Brand Stuffed Sandwiches LEAN POCKETS Brand Stuffed Sandwiches CROISSANT POCKETS Brand Stuffed Sandwiches Available at Appletree, Albertson's/ Kroger and other fine stores in your area, (in the freezer section) <€> Try our new HOT POCKETS® brand Fruit Pastries AH trademarks are owned by Society des Produits Nestle S.A.. Vevey. Switzerland MFG. COUPON 1 EXPIRES NOV. 30, 2004 i Save 55s HOT POCKETS/ LEAN POCKETS/ | CROISSANT POCKETS*BrmJ SWIM SaUivkhw Csu»r »i> I ®t««l see pvcfusst twsl»|.K. a « | Mtiewhilw OOWUWt: U«l tC! afsoled tmia cudassO IMewitn I hskWsS! f axis Gisup ■*» wtex yxi tact vaks (»»!c. il sjawltai c cwPisks »ah s* I NespS Prepjia! (tais COTpsiy. awe UnsMear Saiwete Oti«r>»nMI|»ti»«». OgoogriyeSSr tF5»wSiiTO8,CsRioTit f86«i (SdswoelfiOs. 'i I 5 IB 43695 30055 ils (8100)0 6/358 By Allen G. Breed Associated Press Writer FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Prosecutors ended a military court hear ing Tuesday for a soldier shown in infamous photos of naked Iraqi prisoners by requesting an additional charge of “maltreatment and cruelty” against Pfc. Lynndie England. The hearing to determine whether England should face a full court- martial adjourned without testimony from any of the high-level wit nesses sought by the defense, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Investigating officer Col. Denise Am said she would recommend within a week whether England should face a court-martial. During closing arguments at Fort Bragg, Capt. Crystal Jennings, a military prosecutor, read from the 21-year-old Army reservist’s own statements that she stepped on prisoners’ toes and posed for and took photos of naked detainees piled in human pyramids and being forced to simulate homosexual acts. “She was having fun,” Jennings said. “There was no indication that she was there for any military purpose.” The defense has said England and other members of the Mary land-based 372nd Military Police Company abused prisoners un der orders from military intelligence agents to “soften up” prison ers for interrogation. Civilian defense attorney Rick Hernandez said outside court that with all the recent reports about problems in military prisons, “obvi ously Pfc. England was not acting alone.” But Jennings said there was no evidence England ever was given an order to mistreat prisoners. In fact, Jennings said, England repeat edly violated orders to stay out of the part of the prison where the abuse occurred. “If she was given an order, it was an unlawful order” that England was obliged to disobey, Jennings said. “She was not an MP. She was a (personnel) clerk ... who was not recruited into some secret mis sion. She was there to have some fun.” England is the woman shown in now-infamous photographs hold ing a naked Iraqi prisoner by a leash, smiling and pointing at a hood ed detainee’s genitals and posing behind a pyramid of nude Iraqis. The Fort Ashby, W.Va., native, reportedly eight months pregnant with the child of another soldier charged in the scandal, has atte all but a few hours of the hearing, stepping out briefly on the op day to visit her obstetrician. Military officials have recommended charging her with 13 co of abusing detainees and six counts stemming from possession^ sexually explicit photos not involving detainees. It convicted, could get up to 38 years in prison. Jennings also told Am she should recommend an additional ch of maltreatment and cruelty against England. The charge senes a catch-all to encompass all the individual acts England is accused^ and would carry an additional penalty of up to one year in prison a a dishonorable discharge. In a brief defense summation, Capt. Jonathan Crisp. Englan military attorney, objected to the additional charge and noted thatc count accusing England of photographing abuse involves a pic another soldier has admitted taking. After the hearing. Crisp said it was unusual for prosecutors tor ommend charges during closing arguments. But he said the defen was expecting it. The Article 32 hearing is the rough equivalent of a civilian] jury, except England was allowed to be present and to call and< examine witnesses. Am heard from 27 witnesses over five i testimony in early August and two days this week. England’s lawyers had sought to call more than 160 win ranging from military interrogators up to Cheney and Rumsfeld. 1 Tuesday, that list had been reduced to just six names, including Bn Gen. Janis Karpinski, who was in charge of Abu Ghraib when! abuse scandal broke out. But Am rejected those requests, saying Karpinski’s testir would not be relevant. She also refused a defense request to hear fro several Iraqi prisoners after the prosecution argued that it wouldr quire soldiers in armed convoys to transport these witnesses throuj fire zones to testify. Arn will make her report to Col. Richard Hooker, commanderi the 18th Airborne Corp’s Dragon Brigade. Hooker will then recr: mend to Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, Fort Bragg's commander, whetlt England should be court-martialed, and on which charges. One soldier has already pleaded guilty in the abuse scanii and is serving a year in prison. Another is set to enter a guilij plea in October. 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