Iraqi Abuse Was Like Act of 'Cheerleaders' -- Lawyer
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FORT HOOD, Texas  - A lawyer for Charles Graner,  accused ringleader in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal, on  Monday compared piling naked prisoners into pyramids to  cheerleader shows and said leashing inmates was also acceptable  prisoner control.
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A former contestant on Bravo's "Top Chef" was beaten by attackers yelling anti-gay slurs, her lawyer said.
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A man who accuses defrocked priest Paul Shanley of molesting him as a child recalled the incident only after contacting a law firm that handled hundreds of clergy sex abuse cases, Shanley's lawyer said Friday.
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An ex-Marine at the center of a probe into whether Camp Pendleton troops killed between five and 10 unarmed captives during a battle in Iraq is a hero who faced vicious enemies, his lawyer said Friday.
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A lawyer for a soldier accused of leading the abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison plans to ask for charges to be dropped, arguing that the man cannot get a fair hearing because President Bush and military leaders have already said they believe he should be punished.
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An Italian lawyer for former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz has asked the US Supreme Court to condemn the conditions of his detention and stop him being handed over to Iraqi authorities.
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The highest-ranking US soldier accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners has reached a deal to plead guilty to some charges at his court martial in Baghdad in October, one of his lawyers said on Tuesday.
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A former U.N. procurement official on trail for helping secure contracts for a friend in exchange for kickbacks is the victim of a "witch hunt" to clean up bad public relations the world body has suffered in past years, his defense lawyer argued on Tuesday.
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Lawyers for British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi detainees said Monday the camp had been in disarray with unsupervised troops chasing looters and prodding them with sticks to drive them into camp.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany  - A lawyer for one of three  British soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi detainees accused  their commanding officer on Friday of issuing orders which led  the soldiers to face trial.
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The highest-ranking U.S. soldier  accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners has reached a deal with army  prosecutors on some charges, one of his lawyers said Tuesday.
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A video of the accused terrorist shows he was subjected to unduly harsh treatment, his lawyers claim, leaving him psychologically damaged and unfit to stand trial
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The highest-ranking US soldier to be court-martialled in Baghdad&#39;s notorious Abu Ghraib jail case Wednesday admitted beating and humiliating prisoners, including forcing some to masturbate.
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The chief judge ordered a defense lawyer out of the courtroom and shouted down Saddam Hussein Monday at the start of a new session of the trial of the former Iraqi leader and members of his regime.
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AMMAN, Jordan  - Former Iraqi President Saddam  Hussein's defense team reviewed Sunday how to move ahead with  their case after they gained access to their client this week  for the first time since his arrest a year ago, lawyers said.
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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appealed to Iraqis from his prison cell to unite against what he called US efforts to sow sectarian divisions, his lawyers say.
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A British soldier who has admitted   a war crime against detainees while serving in Iraq beat his   prisoners until their cries turned them into a "choir" of pain,   a prosecutor said on Wednesday.