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Article: Dog handler found guilty of abusing Iraqi prisoners
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- Daily Breeze
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- March 22, 2006
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FORT MEADE, Md. -- An Army dog handler at Abu Ghraib was convicted
Tuesday of tormenting prisoners with his snarling animal and
competing with a comrade to make the Iraqis soil themselves.
Sgt. Michael J. Smith, 24, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was found
guilty at a court-martial of six of 13 counts. The judge later
dismissed one count.
A sentencing hearing began in the afternoon, and will conclude
today. The charges carry up to 8 1/2 years behind bars.
Prosecutors said Smith let his unmuzzled black Belgian shepherd
bark and lunge at several prisoners for amusement. One of the
photographs that led to the exposure of the scandal at the Iraqi
prison shows his dog straining on its leash, just ...