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Army discharges 3 in beating scandal { January 6 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woiraq063613174jan06,0,4992345.story?coll=ny-worldnews-print http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woiraq063613174jan06,0,4992345.story?coll=ny-worldnews-print Army Discharges 3 in Beating Scandal COMBINED NEWS SERVICES January 6, 2004 Kuwait City - The U.S. Army has discharged three soldiers for beating and harassing Iraqi prisoners of war in southern Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said yesterday. Meanwhile, four American soldiers were wounded Sunday, the military said yesterday. One was shot by insurgents in Tikrit, and three others were injured by a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad. Amid the continuing attacks and instability, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in London that British forces would likely remain in Iraq for years to come. He was reluctant to give an "exact time scale," saying, "I can't say whether it is going to be 2006, 2007." U.S. administrators in Iraq have set a timetable to transfer power to Iraqis by the end of June but say foreign troops will stay on after the handover. The discharged American soldiers have been sent back to the United States, said Lt. Col. Vic Harris, a military spokesman in Kuwait. The three, all from Pennsylvania, were scheduled to face courts-martial this month but opted instead to submit to a nonjudicial hearing, in which their conduct was judged by a commander without a jury, Harris said. Brig. Gen. Ennis Whitehead III, acting commander of the 143rd Transportation Command, found the soldiers - Master Sgt. Lisa Girman, 35, Staff Sgt. Scott McKenzie, 38, and Spc. Timothy Canjar, 21 - had maltreated prisoners at Camp Bucca, in southern Iraq, on May 12. "The biggest consequence is that the soldiers have been separated from service and can no longer represent America in uniform," Harris said. They will not have to serve jail time. In Atlanta, Lt. Col. Gregory Julian, an Army spokesman, said Girman was found guilty of knocking a prisoner to the ground, repeatedly kicking him in the groin, abdomen and head and encouraging her subordinate soldiers to do the same. She received an "other-than-honorable conditions" discharge, Harris said. McKenzie and Canjar held a prisoner's legs apart while others kicked him in the groin, Julian said. They also were convicted of making false sworn statements to army investigators. Both were demoted and received "general, under honorable conditions" discharges. The soldiers said they acted in self-defense. Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc.

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