A soldier's tale: she's the face of the atrocities at Abu Ghraib. Now serving 36 months in a military prison, Lynndie England breaks her silence about what happened in Iraq, and how it all started with falling for the wrong man.(DOMESTIC NEWS EXCLUSIVE)(Interview)

From: Marie Claire | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

LYNNDIE ENGLAND SMELLS like soap. She rubs her hands constantly, and her cuticles are raw and nearly bleeding. Her hair is pulled back in four tortoiseshell clips, and it's streaked with premature gray. She is no longer the waiflike girl with a devilish grin who appeared in the infamous Abu Ghraib photos. On this warm fall afternoon, England, 23, now 30 pounds heavier, wears short-sleeve Army fatigues and black, waffle-soled boots. Her name is stitched across her chest. Dangling from her waist is a yellow-and-white badge that reads, "PRISONER."

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