Thursday, March 23, 2006
Slap On Wrist For Abu Ghraib Dog Handler.
An Army dog handler has been found guilty on six of 13 counts of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, by terrifying them with a military dog for his own amusement.
He could have been sentenced to more than 8 years in prison, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and a dishonorable discharge.
If he had been found guilty on all counts he would have faced up to 24 years in prison.
In fact he was sentenced to 179 days in prison, demoted to private, fined $2,250 and will be released from the Army with a bad-conduct discharge after serving his sentence.
Another dog handler is due to stand trial in May - seems he doesn't have too much to worry about.
And neither do higher-ranking officers, despite attempts to persuade a military jury that ultimate responsibility for the abuses lay further up the chain of command.
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And thanks to Tony for this about another case concerning army killings of civilians in Iraq.
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He could have been sentenced to more than 8 years in prison, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and a dishonorable discharge.
If he had been found guilty on all counts he would have faced up to 24 years in prison.
In fact he was sentenced to 179 days in prison, demoted to private, fined $2,250 and will be released from the Army with a bad-conduct discharge after serving his sentence.
Another dog handler is due to stand trial in May - seems he doesn't have too much to worry about.
And neither do higher-ranking officers, despite attempts to persuade a military jury that ultimate responsibility for the abuses lay further up the chain of command.
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And thanks to Tony for this about another case concerning army killings of civilians in Iraq.
See all recent posts.
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Here's another (worse) slap on the wrist story from Iraq
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: 9:51 PM
Thanks very much for that, Tony.
Extremely interesting reading this. Obviously plenty cases like this going on, but some more widely reported than others.
Extremely interesting reading this. Obviously plenty cases like this going on, but some more widely reported than others.
Reading between the lines, I would say he was encouraged by his senior officers to behave in exactly the way he did. In any case, the prison is the responsibilty of the senior officers, they are after all in charge, it's what their rank and pay are given to them for. They should be aware at all times of what is going on. The buck shouldn't stop at the lowest rank.
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