American soldiers who abused Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison did it "just for fun", a military investigator testified Tuesday a hearing for a female soldier photographed holding a naked Iraqi on a leash.
Private Lynndie England, vsibly pregnant, appeared on the opening day of the military-court hearing, which will determine whether she will be tried, Reuters reported.
Chief Warrant Officer Paul Arthur, the lead investigator into the Abu Ghraib case, told the court England said in a sworn statement earlier this year that one of her superiors, Specialist Charles Graner, put the leash on the naked Iraqi captive and told her to pose for the infamous image.
"Basically it was just for fun ... and to vent their frustration," Arthur said. (albawaba.com)
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