Afghanistan, Iraq veterans on abuse jury (Graner: "The sun is shining")

[Barrett808]

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The 10 men picked as jurors in the first Abu Ghraib prison abuse trial have all served in either Iraq or Afghanistan.

The four officers and six enlisted soldiers will hear opening statements tomorrow in the court-martial of Spc. Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of the scandal.

The 10 jurors are also all stationed at Fort Hood.

They will determine whether Graner, 36, of Uniontown, Pa., was beating and humiliating inmates of his own accord or following orders to soften up the detainees for interrogation.

"This case involves terrorists and insurgents and the war on terrorism," defense attorney Guy Womack said. "We could not pick a truer jury of peers than to have a combat veteran tried by combat veterans."

Womack plans to argue Graner was told by higher-ranking soldiers and intelligence agents to rough up the detainees and had no choice but to obey.

Graner, shown in some of the notorious photographs taken inside the Baghdad prison, was upbeat after the jury was picked Friday.

"The sun is shining, the sky is blue and this is America," he said. "Whatever happens is going to happen, but I still feel it’s going to be on the positive side."

http://www.showmenews.com/2005/Jan/20050109News019.asp

[AlbizuX]

1. Graner...give me a break

the sun is shining, this is America...roses are red, violets are blue..blahblahblah.

don't try sounding poetic, you Gestapo pig...

We'll prosecute you...and then we go after your masters...

but you don't get off the hook...and seriously...England? She looks like a boy, dawg....have a better taste in women!