Guardian Unlimited : US soldiers sent home for beating prisoners of war

"Three American soldiers have been discharged after being found guilty of viciously beating and harassing Iraqi prisoners of war, some of whom were already injured, a US military spokesman said last night.

Master Sergeant Lisa Girman, 35, was the most senior person in charge during the incident at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq. She knocked a prisoner to the ground and repeatedly kicked him in the groin, abdomen and head, encouraging subordinate soldiers to do the same. "

Seen this in the US press, Bubba? Or maybe you prefer this interepretation.

The mentality of being more concerned with the enemy's well being than that of our own military personnel or the success of our military mission is already having its effect. In late June the brother of another one of the four Camp Bucca MPs, MSgt. Lisa Girman, wrote that his sister had told him ''Over this past weekend, four Iraqi prisoners escaped from their compound [at Camp Bucca]. When the MP on duty was asked why he did not attempt to prevent the escape, either by physical contact or firing a shot, the MP replied that he was in fear of being charged with a crime."