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Birth: | 25th May, 1953 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Army Officer |
Janis Leigh Karpinski was born in Rahway, New Jersey, USA. She is an American former army officer. She is notable for having commanded the forces that operated Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq in 2003 and 2004, at the time of the scandal related to torture and prisoner abuse. In October 2005, she published an account of her experiences, One Woman's Army, in which she claims that the abuses were done by contract employees trained in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, and sent to Abu Ghraib under orders from the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. She earned a BA degree in English and secondary education from Kean University, an MA degree in aviation management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and an MA degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College. She received many awards, including Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
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