Military Mud Wrestling at Iraq Prison

US girls' muddy shame

Getting dirty ... 'wrestlers' grapple in the mud

FULL NEWS INDEX From BRIAN FLYNN in New York AMERICAN girl soldiers have been shamed in a mud-wrestling scandal. Photographs taken by colleagues showed them grappling and exposing their boobs at a party in an Iraqi PRISON. Some of the 30 pictures reveal male soldiers cheering on two women in bras and panties in a mud-filled paddling pool. In others, military policewomen bared their breasts or flashed thongs for male comrades with cameras. Investigators probing a breakdown of discipline at the US Army’s Camp Bucca jail were told sergeants also lent their rooms to squaddies for sex. Threesome ... two take on one Ironically, the soldiers had been assigned to guard Iraqi inmates being transferred there from scandal-hit Abu Ghraib jail. Blonde prison guard Specialist Deanna Allen, 19, was demoted to private after being pictured grinning as she flashed her boobs. Most of the soldiers pictured in the audience wear T-shirts emblazoned with Army logos, but at least one appears on snaps in full uniform. The party last October was organised by sergeants of the 160th Military Police Battalion reserve unit to celebrate the end of their tour of duty. Sgt Amil Ganim — seen in some pictures refereeing the mud-wrestling — said: “It let people blow off steam before coming home after a year in a combat zone.” Cheering ... soldiers in Army T-shirts egg on wrestlers Another participant told investigators two sergeants had let Army pals use their rooms for sex — a serious breach of military rules. The photo of Deanna bearing her breasts was allegedly taken in one of those rooms, an investigator reported. A female witness said the two sergeants “had been drinking and were noticeably drunk”. US Army spokesman Lt Col Barry Johnson said it was not known if booze fuelled the party, but added: “Alcohol is banned.”