SOCI 118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Janis Karpinski, Condoleezza Rice, Lynndie England
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Lecture eight: ehrenreich op ed on iraqi prison, abu ghraib 01/28/19. The us led invasion of iraq, and overthrew saddam hussein, claiming 1) a connection to the 9/11/2001 attacks, and 2) that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. 2,000 iraqi men, women, and children were held at abu ghraib and the u. s. used torture methods on them. Us army soldiers posed with the prisoners. 11 were later convicted for the abuse of the prisoners. Lynndie england, served just over 3 years. England was convicted of conspiracy, mistreating detainees. Served 521 days of a 3-year prison sentence. Women in positional leadership positions: top intelligence official in iraq, the prison director, gen. janis karpinski. Secretary of state managing occupation, condoleeza rice. Top iraq intelligence official, gina haspel, our new cia director. 11 soldiers were convicted, dishonorably discharged, and sentenced to prison. Ehreinreich rethinks her previous assumption about gender binary and gender.
