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  Sabrina Harman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harman poses over the dead body of Manadel al-Jamadi, an Iraqi prisoner; a small patch of blood can be seen on his right temple and under his right eyes is taped a patch of surgical gauze to soak up more blood.
Sabrina D. Harman, (born January 5, 1978), is a former U.S. army reservist, one of several soldiers convicted by the U.S. Army in connection with the 2003-2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Baghdad, Iraq during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Harman was represented by civilian lawyer and retired Air Force colonel Frank Spinner of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sabrina_Harman   (841 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Soldier: Unit's Role Was to Break Down Prisoners
Sabrina D. Harman, a military police officer who has been charged with abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, said she was assigned to break down prisoners for interrogation.
Harman, one of seven military police reservists charged in the abuse of detainees at the prison, is the second of those soldiers to speak publicly about her time at Abu Ghraib, and her comments echo findings of the Army's investigation into prisoner abuse there.
Harman is accused by the Army of taking photographs of that pyramid and photographing and videotaping detainees who were ordered to strip and masturbate in front of other prisoners and soldiers, according to a charge sheet obtained by The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A9130-2004May7?language=printer   (1373 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Sabrina Harman
Harman's mother, Robin, has been described as a "forensics buff." Lorton is a census-designated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Harman is accused by the U.S. Army of: The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations.
Sabrina D. Harman, (born 1978), is a former U.S. army reservist, one of several soldiers charged by the U.S. Army in connection with the 2003 - 2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Baghdad, Iraq during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sabrina-Harman   (2012 words)

  
 NEWS - US NATIONAL - Comcast.net
Sabrina Harman to her roommate in Virginia suggested that the Army reservist took pictures of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison because she was opposed to the treatment and wanted to document the wrongdoing.
Harman is depicted in several of the most notorious photos taken at Abu Ghraib in late October and early November 2003, and she is accused of taking other pictures.
Harman said in the letter that her initial amusement at how the detainees were mistreated gave way to the realization that her co-defendants were engaged in illegal actions.
www.comcast.net /news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2005/05/17/134111.html   (466 words)

  
 Faces of a tormenter - Iraq - www.theage.com.au
Specialist Sabrina Harman, whose face is known around the world after she was photographed posing with a stack of naked prisoners, said she now understood that it was regularly breached at Abu Ghraib.
Harman, a 26-year-old police reservist from Alexandria, Virginia, who in civilian life was an assistant manager at a pizza parlour, is accused of a series of offences including attaching wires to a hooded prisoner standing on a box, who was told that he would be electrocuted if he fell off.
Harman said that members of her unit took direction from army military intelligence officers, from CIA operatives and from civilian contractors who also conducted interrogations.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/05/09/1084041269487.html   (987 words)

  
 News from The Roanoke Times- Abu Ghraib hits home in Carroll County
Sabrina Harman with dead Iraqi prisoner and as she arrived at the Fort Hood courthouse May 17 for trial on prisoner abuse charges.
Sabrina Harman's mother, Robin Harman, has said in media reports that her daughter took pictures of the abuse to expose poor treatment of detainees at the prison.
Sabrina Harman is being held in detention at Fort Hood pending an Army decision on where she will be transferred, a Fort Hood spokesman Cecil Green said Tuesday.
www.roanoke.com /news/roanoke\24334.html   (1471 words)

  
 ABC News: Harman Guilty on 6 Abu Ghraib Abuse Counts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Harman is facing charges in connection with prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Sabrina Harman on all but one of the seven charges she faced for her role in abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison.
A panel of four Army officers and four senior enlisted soldiers convicted Harman on one count of conspiracy to maltreat detainees, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of dereliction of duty.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=763474   (450 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Defense to open case in Abu Ghraib abuse trial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sabrina Harman expects to call a half-dozen witnesses to help explain her role in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal but doesn't plan to question the reputed ringleader of the abuse.
He said Harman was a novice soldier who had no prison guard experience and who received virtually no training before going to work at the chaotic and overcrowded prison as part of the 372nd Military Police Company, based in Maryland.
Spinner also said Harman took photographs to record the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib because she was bothered by the wrongdoing she saw there.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-05-16-harman-trial_x.htm   (610 words)

  
 Abu Ghraib defendant Harman guilty - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
Sabrina Harman, center, leaves the courthouse Monday with her attorneys Capt. Patsy Takemura, left, and Sgt. Davida McGriff, right, after a military jury found her guilty on all but one of the seven counts she faced as a result of her role in abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.
Sabrina Harman on one count of conspiracy to maltreat detainees, four counts of maltreating detainees and one count of dereliction of duty.
Harman said in the letter that her initial amusement at how the detainees were mistreated gave way to the realization that her co-defendants were engaged in illegal activity.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7878287   (836 words)

  
 The Hindu : International : I was assigned to break down prisoners: Harman
Harman, an Army reservist from Alexandria (Virginia), said members of her police unit took direction from Army military intelligence officers, from CIA operatives and from civilian contractors who conducted investigations.
Harman is accused by the Army of taking photographs of the pyramid of naked prisoners published worldwide, and videotaping detainees who were ordered to strip and masturbate in front of other prisoners and soldiers, according to a charge sheet obtained by the Post.
She is also charged with photographing a corpse and then posing for a picture with it; with striking several prisoners by jumping on them as they lay in a pile, with writing "rapist" on a prisoner's leg, and with attaching wires to a prisoner's hands while he stood on a box, with his head covered.
www.hindu.com /2004/05/09/stories/2004050909541400.htm   (478 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Harman gets six months in Abu Ghraib scandal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sabrina Harman will be reduced in rank to a private and receive a bad conduct discharge after her prison term.
Sabrina Harman came a day after she was convicted on six of the seven counts she faced for mistreating detainees at the Baghdad-area lockup in late 2003.
Among other things, Harman was found guilty of taking part in a photographed incident in which a hooded Iraqi was threatened with electrocution while standing on a box with electrical wires in his hands.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-05-17-harman-convicted_x.htm   (781 words)

  
 NEWS - US NATIONAL - Comcast.net
Sabrina Harman of taking part in detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison now must decide how harshly to punish her.
In the letter, Harman said she took pictures of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib because she was opposed to the treatment and wanted to document the wrongdoing.
Harman wrote that her initial amusement at how detainees were sexually mistreated gave way to the realization that her fellow soldiers were engaged in illegal activity.
www.comcast.net /news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2005/05/17/134360.html   (694 words)

  
 Spc Sabrina Harman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sabrina Harman was found guilty of conspiracy, dereliction of duty and maltreatment of detainees.
Sabrina Harman on all but one of the seven charges she faced for her role in abuses at the Abu Ghraib...
Sabrina Harman on six of seven counts for her role in mistreating prisoners at an American detention...
www.spc12.com /spcsabrinaharman   (1096 words)

  
 U.S. soldier guilty on 6 Abu Ghraib abuse counts -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Harman, 27, was found guilty on six of the seven charges she faced for her role in the abuse of Iraqi inmates in late 2003, with the hearing to determine her sentence set to begin Tuesday morning.
Harman, a former pizza shop manager, appeared in several of the most notorious photos taken at Abu Ghraib, and she was found guilty of taking other pictures.
Harman's lawyer attempted to defend the actions of his client by saying that was a novice soldier who received virtually no training before going to work at the chaotic and overcrowded prison as part of the Maryland-based 372nd Military Police Company.
www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=8215   (903 words)

  
 ABC News: Second Trial in Abu Ghraib Abuse Opens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sabrina Harman, center, leaves the courthouse with members of her defense team, Sgt. Davida McGriff, right and attorney Capt. Patsy Takemura, left, after the first day of testimony at her trial Thursday, May 12, 2005, in Fort Hood, Texas.
Sabrina Harman faces five counts of prisoner maltreatment stemming from the photo of the inmate, known as "Gilligan," on a box with his hands outstretched.
Harman, a one-time pizza shop manager from Lorton, Va., is the second servicemember to go on trial on charges that she took part in mistreating detainees.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=753077&page=1   (400 words)

  
 Army Times - News - More News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sabrina Harman, convicted for her role in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, said the former pizza shop manager was a scapegoat for her military superiors.
Harman was convicted on six of seven counts for mistreating detainees at the Baghdad-area lockup in late 2003.
Sabrina Harman is being held in detention at Fort Hood pending an Army decision on where she will be transferred, a Fort Hood spokesman Cecil Green said.
www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-875797.php   (636 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Abu Ghraib soldier gets jail term
Specialist Sabrina Harman was the last of nine soldiers to be tried over the abuse, which became notorious after photographs became public.
Harman could have faced five-and-a-half years in jail, though prosecutors asked the jury to give her three.
Harman was convicted on four counts of mistreating detainees, one count of conspiracy, and one count of dereliction of duty.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/4557613.stm   (246 words)

  
 CBS News | She's No Stranger To Grisly Images | May 10, 2004 20:25:09
Sabrina Harman is one of seven members of the 372nd Military Police Company, based in Cresaptown, Md., charged in the prison abuse scandal.
She is also charged with taking photographs of a corpse and posing for a picture with it; jumping on prisoners as they lay in a pile; and attaching wires to a detainee's hands as he stood on a box with his head hooded and telling him he'd be electrocuted if he fell off the box.
Robin Harman, in an interview with the Post, says that her daughter began taking and collecting the pictures as evidence of the mistreatment of prisoners soon after she was assigned to Abu Ghraib in October.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/05/10/iraq/main616584.shtml   (570 words)

  
 The Command Post - Iraq - Spc. Sabrina Harman Convicted in Abuse Case   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Harman, 27, was found guilty late Monday on six of the seven charges she faced for her role in the mistreatment of Iraqi inmates in late 2003.
She was acquitted of allegedly photographing a group of Iraqi prisoners forced to masturbate in public by Abu Ghraib guards.
One of Harman's co-defendants testified last week that she was not present when that incident occurred.
www.command-post.org /2_archives/019484.html   (367 words)

  
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Sabrina Harman arrives at the courthouse, Tuesday, May 17, 2005, in Fort Hood, Texas.
Harman, 27, was found guilty late Monday on six of the seven charges she faced for her role in the mistreatment of Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003.
Harman, a former pizza shop manager from Lorton, Va., appeared in several of the most notorious photos taken at Abu Ghraib, and she was found guilty of taking other pictures.
www.firstcoastnews.com /news/news-article.aspx?storyid=37394   (718 words)

  
 Torturers.net: Specialist Sabrina Harman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Harman claims that the prisoners were brought to her military police unit by Army intelligence officers, by CIA operatives or by private contractors, and the standards on how the person would be treated was set by those who brought him.
Harman is a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield.
Sabrina Harman poses with Graner, smiling behind a pyramid of naked, hooded Iraqi prisoners.
www.torturers.net /us/army/harman   (318 words)

  
 News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sabrina Harman tearfully apologized for mistreating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Sabrina Harman came a day after she was convicted on six of the seven counts she faced for mistreating detainees at the Baghdad lockup in late 2003.
Harman, 27, of Lorton, Va., was the second U.S. soldier tried and convicted in the scandal.
www.news14charlotte.com /content/top_stories?ArID=93634   (592 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Nation / Abu Ghraib abuser sentenced to six months prison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A military jury deciding the fate of Sabrina Harman, 27, at the nation's largest Army base recommended six-months of confinement, one of the lightest punishments handed down in the Abu Ghraib cases.
The jury found Harman guilty Monday on six of seven abuse-related charges, including a photographed incident in which she placed wires on a hooded Iraqi prisoner and said he would be electrocuted if he stepped off the box he stood on.
Harman's gamble to go to trial paid off and she was also credited with 51 days already served, plus 20 days for good behavior.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/05/18/abu_ghraib_abuser_sentenced_to_six_months_prison_1116418429?mode=PF   (593 words)

  
 US soldier (Specialist Sabrina Harman) pleads not guilty to Iraq prison abuse charges
Harman sat silently during a pretrial hearing as her defense attorneys argued to introduce evidence showing she did not put wires on the hands of a prisoner and then tell him he would be electrocuted if he fell off the box he was standing on.
Harman is the second solider to plead not guilty to abusing detainees at the prison near Baghdad in the winter of 2003.
Specialist Sabrina Harman arrives for the first day of her court martial hearing for the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq at Fort Hood, Texas.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1401228/posts   (1197 words)

  
 Just a Typical American Girl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sabrina Harman of Alexandria, Va. is a pretty, bright-eyed brunette with a wide smile.
Sabrina Harman, now bereft of her weapon and sweeping the streets at a military base in Iraq while awaiting court-martial for cruelty, maltreatment and assault, has been talking to the newspapers.
Sabrina also beat and kicked prisoners as part of her "duties," according to the Taguba report, which somehow never found it's way to Gen. Myers's or Sec.
www.quivis.com /iraq46.html   (492 words)

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