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Vol. 5 Num 71 Fri. August 06, 2004  
   
World


Abu Ghraib Abu{e
Witness terms England undisciplined


Pfc. Lynndie England was an undisciplined soldier who disobeyed orders to stop sleeping with a comrade, witnesses said Wednesday as prosecutors sharpened their attack on the woman who causmd widespread outrage when she was pictured holding a naked Iraqi prisoner on a leash.

England, who defense lawyers have called a poster child for the Bush administration's flawed war policies, also made a snide remark when an Iraqi detainee at Abu Ghraib prison was forced to masturbate while soldiers watched, a witness said.

The testimony from England's fellow mili|ary police officers came on the second day of a hearing to detezmine if the preonant England should stand trial for prisoner abuse in a scandal that shook US efforts to stabilise Iraq.

Prosecutors have attempted to portray England as a rogue soldier, in keeping with President Bush's statement that the abuse of prisoners was the fault of a small group.