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...much that he needed a transfusion. By the time the rest of the TIME Baghdad staff was alerted and arrived at the hospital, the ER workers had done what they do best: stopped the blood loss and patched up the wounds. The ancient X-ray machine revealed that Abu Karam and Salah had many pieces of shrapnel lodged in their bodies, but there were no serious internal wounds...
...turned out, we had a few other options. With the help of a medical-evacuation agency, TIME airlifted Salah to Amman, Jordan, where he underwent extensive reconstructive hand surgery. Abu Karam was released from the hospital to convalesce at his home in Baghdad. Because of the lack of medicines and equipment at the ER, both men are still at risk for secondary infections. But they are in the care of their families and are expected to recover. They were the fortunate ones. Waleed, the university student, suffered brain trauma from the shrapnel to his head and remains at the Yarmouk...
...Army judge last week rejected a guilty plea from Private Lynndie England, the young reservist seen grinning in some of the most notorious pictures from the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Her plea bargain could have reduced her jail time from 16 years to 30 months, but the case is now back to square...
When England entered her plea, she said she posed willingly for the camera--while holding a detainee on a leash--because she wanted to amuse her fellow soldiers. But England ran into trouble during her sentencing hearing when Charles Graner, the convicted ringleader of the Abu Ghraib abuses who is serving 10 years in prison, testified that he had ordered England to pose for the pictures, which he claimed were for legitimate training purposes. That prompted the judge to stop the trial and tell England, "If you honestly believe you were doing what Graner told you to do and that...
Lieut. General Thomas Metz, who commanded U.S. ground forces in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib scandal, will decide whether to order a new trial, impose a lesser punishment or drop the charges...