Lawyer says British soldier was following orders to get tough with prisoners
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OSNABRUECK, Germany  - One of three British soldiers on trial for alleged mistreatment of Iraqi detainees was following orders to get tough with captured looters, his lawyer said.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany  - British soldiers accused of  abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners were only  following orders that their detainees be "worked hard," defense  lawyers told a military court on Wednesday.
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FT. HOOD, Texas  - U.S. soldier Charles Graner,  who has come to symbolize the Iraq prison abuse scandal, is  expected to argue that he was following orders from superiors  when his trial opens on Friday.
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A superior of three British soldiers accused of mistreating Iraqi detainees denied Wednesday at their court martial that he told one of them to give captured looters "a good kicking," as one of the defendants claimed.
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MANNHEIM, Germany - The lawyer of one of the U.S. Army reservists accused of abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison said Tuesday that military prosecutors have agreed to drop some of their charges after the soldier agreed to plead guilty to the rest...
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The lawyer for a US soldier accused of mistreating Iraqi prisoners says he used valid control techniques.
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The court martial of three British soldiers accused of ill-treating civilians in Iraq continues with a legal expert explaining how he informed troops there about prisoners' rights.
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A British soldier pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of inhumanely treating Iraqi civilians, while he and his comrades denied all other charges in a landmark court-martial.
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UK counter-terrorism officials believe plan to kidnap and behead British soldier was backed by al-Qaida
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A British soldier pleaded guilty Tuesday to beating an Iraqi captive, but he and two others pleaded not guilty to all other charges as their court-martial opened on allegations they mistreated detainees.
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Three British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi detainees are unfairly shouldering the blame while senior officers face lesser charges, a defense lawyer said in a landmark war crimes trial Monday.
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A soldier tells a court martial how Iraqi prisoner abuse was "like watching a football match".
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A British lawyer said Tuesday he had  uncovered evidence that U.S. troops mistreated detainees in the  northern Iraqi city of Mosul, suggesting abuse had spread far  beyond the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
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The barrister of a soldier who abused Iraqi prisoners said it was "deeply unfair" his client's commanding officers faced lesser charges.
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The "just following orders" defense didn't work for the alleged leader of the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, but lawyers for at least one other soldier facing court-martial in the scandal still intend to use it.
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British troops were reminded before the war in Iraq to maintain discipline in dealing with Iraqis, a senior officer testified Tuesday at the court-martial of three soldiers charged with mistreating detained civilians.
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The highest-ranking Army reservist charged with abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison said Monday he will plead guilty to some offenses because "what I did was a violation of law."   Staff Sgt...