WP: Records Paint Dark Portrait Of Guard (Graner)

[kskiska]

Before Abu Ghraib, Graner Left a Trail Of Alleged Violence

Saturday, June 5, 2004; Page A01

In perhaps the most famous of the photographs, he is the one standing behind the now-iconic pyramid of prisoners, all of them naked and hooded as he looks into the camera and smiles.

In other photos, he is the one aiming his fist at a prisoner he has collared around the neck, kneeling on prisoners whose hands are tied behind their backs, and raising his left index finger in a "No. 1" sign as he squats next to a prisoner who is bruised, bandaged and dead.

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In 1991, he was a 22-year-old soldier in Saudi Arabia, calling home at all hours to see if his wife was there.
In 1992, he was working at a county prison in Pennsylvania with guards who acknowledge beating up prisoners as a means of control.
In 1994, he made a fellow prison guard sick by spraying Mace into his coffee.
In 1997, he was accused by his wife of threatening to kill her.
In 1998, when he was working as a guard in a state prison, he was accused by one inmate of slipping a razor blade into his food.
And in 2001, he was accused by his now-ex-wife of grabbing her by the hair, dragging her out of a bedroom and trying to throw her down the stairs.

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His attorney, Guy L. Womack, says that Graner has been a good husband, a good father, and a good soldier who was following orders and did nothing wrong.

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[bobthedrummer]

1. And now he's engaged to Ms. England, who is pregnant.

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::argh:

They've helped OBL and brought great shame and danger to US military and American citizens worldwide.

What a man.:nuke:

[celestia671]

3. Now that's scary!

They're breeding!:scared:

[shanti]

6. what a lovely couple!

:puke: i feel bad for the expected child.

[saigon68]

2. There's a lot more like him out there

The military won't admit it-- thugs, bums, bullies and hoodlums.

Out to kill a few Rag Heads

[DBoon]

4. They are the shock troops of the Republican one-party state

today they kill and torture Arabs, tomorrow it will be you and me.

[saigon68]

5. Nope not me, I have no intention of being one of those sheep.

Read Mila 18

[shanti]

7. that sorry sack of shit

has no conscience, he's mentally ill. i guess the recent surveys were right....:-( the numbers of mentally ill in the u.s. have risen considerably.