Birth Name:

Janis Karpinski

Female

Birth Date:

Mon, May 25, 1953

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Rahway, New Jersey, United States

Age:

71

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

4°

Gem

8'

About Janis Karpinski

Janis Leigh Karpinski (née Beam, born May 25, 1953, Rahway, New Jersey) is a career officer in the US Army Reserve, now retired. 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. She commanded three prisons in Iraq, and the forces that ran them. Her education includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and secondary education from Kean College, a Master of Arts degree in aviation management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a Master of Arts in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Newsmaker of the Week: Janis Karpinski (30-min. interview)

• Janis Karpinski: Exclusive Interview August 24, 2005 Interview By Marjorie Cohn, MWC News

• War Crimes Suit Filed in Germany Against Rumsfeld November 14, 2006 Interview on Democracy Now!

• Army demotes a one-star general accused of dereliction in prisoner abuse scandal - Robert Burns, Associated Press

• Iraq abuse 'ordered from the top'

• Taylor Martin, Susan. Her Job, Lock Up Iraq's Bad Guys, St. Petersburg Times. (December 14, 2003)

• Author Unknown. Rumsfeld Visits Iraqi Mass Grave, Execution Chamber, USA Today. (September 7, 2003)

• Author Unknown. Details of Army's Abuse Investigation Surface, CNN. (January 21, 2004)

• Author Unknown. US general under scrutiny in Iraqi prisoner case, Reuters. (April 30, 2004)

• Sewell Chan and Jackie Spinner. Guantanamo Bay Chief Takes Over After Shameful Jail Abuse, Sydney Morning Herald. (May 1, 2004)

• Shenon, Philip. Officer Suggests Iraq Jail Abuse Was Encouraged, New York Times. (May 2, 2004)

• Fesperman, Dan. Soldiers' Story Shifts From Pride to Shame, Baltimore Sun. (May 2, 2004)

• Al Jazeera story - "US intelligence behind Iraqi prisoner abuse"

• Rod Nordland and John Barry. Rough Justice in Iraq, Newsweek. (May 10, 2004)

• Krane, Jim. AP: Army Drops Brigade From Medal List, Yahoo News/AP. (May 9, 2004)

• Abu Ghraib general says she met Israeli in Iraq,CNN

• Were Abu Ghraib abuses learned from Israel?, San Francisco Gate

• Signal Newspapers interview with Karpinski

• Karpinski speech at CCC

• Frontline interview

• Democracy Now! Interview (October 26, 2005)

• "Treat Them Like Dogs" part one and *part two, transcripts of the October 26, 2005, Democracy Now interview.

• Audio files of Diane Rehm Show hour-long interview, November 8, 2005

• Dateline interview Transcript of the March 8, 2006, Dateline programme, SBS Australia.

• Appearances on C-SPAN

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Janis Karpinski: Sun 4 Gemini, Moon 28 Libra, Mercury 5 Gemini, Venus 22 Aries, Mars 16 Gemini, Jupiter 3 Gemini, Saturn 21 Libra, Uranus 16 Cancer, Neptune 21 Libra, Pluto 20 Leo, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Sun Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Venus Opposition Saturn, Venus Opposition Neptune, Venus Trine Pluto, Mars Trine Saturn, Mars Semi Sextile Uranus, Mars Trine Neptune, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Jupiter Semi Square Uranus, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Janis Karpinski: Living people, New Jersey, May 25 births, Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States), American army personnel of the Iraq War, 1953 births, American army personnel of the Gulf War, American military police officers, United States Army reservists, American people of Lithuanian descent, Women in the Iraq War, People from Rahway, Female generals of the United States Army, United States military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison

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