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Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Photos: Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick
'They're trying to cover up these war crimes and use my nephew as expendable.' -- Bill
Lawson, uncle of Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick
Lawson, uncle of Staff Sgt. Ivan Frederick
Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Chip Frederick poses for a photograph by sitting on top of a detainee. Frederick, 37, of the 372nd Military Police Company, was the senior enlisted soldier at Abu Ghraib prison between October and December of 2003, when the abuses are alleged to have occurred. He has been recommended for court-martial on criminal charges. (Photo: CBS/60 Minutes II)
OAKLAND, Md. -- Bill Lawson rolled like a half-track into the Frederick family's living room, ready for combat against his government.
President Bush just said he wants to see all the soldiers punished," Lawson declared. "The president just broke the law. That's great."
He paused in front of the photograph of his nephew, Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick. In the months after Frederick telephoned his parents and told them he was accused of mistreating prisoners at Iraq's Al Ghraib prison, the family kept a silent vigil and hoped for the best.
No more.
Yesterday, Ivan "Red" Frederick and his ex-wife, JoAnn, guided by Lawson, a man with 20 years in the military and a tour of Vietnam on his resume, told their story to all who would listen. Their son, they say, attempted to warn his Army superiors that Iraqi prisoners were being mistreated. The Army, they say, is now trying to deflect blame onto him.
"They're trying to cover up these war crimes and use my nephew as expendable. I'm not going to allow that," Lawson said.
...
In Maryland, Lawson said at least some of the photographs showing prisoners being abused were posed.
The accused guards wanted photos to show Iraqi prisoners to frighten them into cooperating with military intelligence officials, he said.
Frederick "bears a small portion of responsibility for what has happened here," Lawson said.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04125/310768.stm
OAKLAND, Md. -- Bill Lawson rolled like a half-track into the Frederick family's living room, ready for combat against his government.
President Bush just said he wants to see all the soldiers punished," Lawson declared. "The president just broke the law. That's great."
He paused in front of the photograph of his nephew, Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick. In the months after Frederick telephoned his parents and told them he was accused of mistreating prisoners at Iraq's Al Ghraib prison, the family kept a silent vigil and hoped for the best.
No more.
Yesterday, Ivan "Red" Frederick and his ex-wife, JoAnn, guided by Lawson, a man with 20 years in the military and a tour of Vietnam on his resume, told their story to all who would listen. Their son, they say, attempted to warn his Army superiors that Iraqi prisoners were being mistreated. The Army, they say, is now trying to deflect blame onto him.
"They're trying to cover up these war crimes and use my nephew as expendable. I'm not going to allow that," Lawson said.
...
In Maryland, Lawson said at least some of the photographs showing prisoners being abused were posed.
The accused guards wanted photos to show Iraqi prisoners to frighten them into cooperating with military intelligence officials, he said.
Frederick "bears a small portion of responsibility for what has happened here," Lawson said.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04125/310768.stm
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