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Between October and December of last year, the poorly trained, demoralized reservists in the 372nd crossed the line. William Lawson, uncle of Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick II, claims that his nephew and the other guards were following orders when they tortured and sexually humiliated Iraqi prisoners. The MPs told investigators they did it because officers in the military-intelligence unit and civilian contractors working with them told them to "loosen up" men for interrogation. Sabrina Harman, who appears in one photograph grinning behind a pile of naked detainees, told the Washington Post that the MPs were instructed by military-intelligence...
...NIGELLA LAWSON...
...fear and hard to love. All the time Waugh set about breaking opponents mentally, Ponting was an attentive student. They are as responsible as anyone for the expansion of the phony war?the tiresome tactical games played before and between matches. "Players these days talk too much," says Geoff Lawson. "There's a perception that you've got to match the Australians for talk, to try to dominate psychologically ... it's just rubbish. Just go out and play cricket, will...
...Marcus Trescothick (ill) and the leadership of Michael Vaughan (injured). Australia hardly ever lose at home?though occasionally they're held to a drawn series, which is all England need to keep the Ashes. "Australia have played poor matches since 1995, but never poor series until last year," says Lawson. "This particular group of players hasn't played that badly before or since, so I'm putting 2005 aside as an aberration...
...team, dubbed "Dad's Army" by former England great Ian Botham. Selectors have persisted, for example, with opening batsmen Hayden, 35, and Langer, 36, even though the batting reserves are strong. "I think in the last few years the selectors have failed to make the hard calls," says Lawson, who believes Hayden shouldn't have been picked for the last Ashes tour, when he struggled until he notched a century in the last Test. But even that didn't impress Lawson. "It was a self-centered hundred," he says. "When his team needed quick runs, Hayden played for himself." Australia...