Former Abu Ghraib General mouths off

For whatever reason, Brig. General Janis Karpinski, the responsible General for the administration of Abu Ghraib, cannot keep quiet. (The Pentgaon is yet to hold her criminally responsible for the abuses that happened under her watch.)

She called up a Florida daily and began to lay into the Pentagon leadership over what she believes is discrimination against Reservists, blaming everybody but herself for the abuses in Abu Ghraib.

When photos of prisoner abuse emerged in April, Karpinski initially obeyed orders to keep mum. But she says she decided to speak out after higher-ups seemed intent on blaming her and a few other reservists.

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top commander in Iraq, "had no respect for me, he didn't like the military police, he didn't like this brigade doing this critical mission."

In countless interviews, Karpinski insisted that she was unaware of the abuse until she saw the photos, and that responsibility for what happened at Abu Ghraib went far up the chain of command.