Help! Photos stuck in iPad camera roll

Ok so I have seen other discussions but I believe my case is different.
Here are the facts:
It's an iPad 3, latest software, using photostream, NOT syncing photos in the iTunes settings.
Pretty much every photo I have ever taken with my iPhone or imported into iPhoto has synced into my iPad camera roll, as well as the photostream.
In addition, albums on my iPhone have synced and even random albums with 1 photo in them have appeared on my iPad.
I cannot delete these photos or albums becasue it says "you cannot delete photos imported from another device" or something like that.
It's driving me nuts because my camera roll is a mess and I cannot organize it by moving or deleting the photos.
I'll say again, these photos are not just in my photostream. They have imported themselves into the camera roll and albums and cannot be deleted.
Info and links are appreciated.

Ok, so I went back into iTunes and clicked sync (becasue it was unclicked), then unclicked it again and clicked apply. It told me that it would delete all the synced photos so I clicked "ok" and continued.
No such luck, the photos remain.
Maybe I can clarify a few things. By camera roll I actually meant "Photos".
For example, when you open the photo app on the iPad, there are tabs at the top labeled "Photos", "Photostream", "Albums", etc.
The photos in question that cannot be deleted or moved are in the "Photos" section.
I have used a camera conenction kit once but that was last month and this problem existed long before.
UPDATE:
A little background first. In Photos, under the Photos tab, I click "Edit" and click photos until I select a photo that I CAN delete as well as a photo I CANNOT delete. I click "Delete (1)" and the following message appears:
"Only items direclty imported to iPad can be deleted"
-End-
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