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Article: Abu Ghraib dog handler gets 6 months in jail
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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Abu Ghraib dog handler gets 6 months in jail
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. military dog handler was
sentenced to 6 months in jail Wednesday for abusing detainees at the
notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq by terrifying them with a
military dog.
A military jury at Fort Meade, Maryland, handed down the sentence
a day after convicting Michael J. Smith, 24, on five charges ranging
from maltreatment of prisoners, to directing his dog to lick peanut
butter off other soldiers' private parts.
The sentence also included forfeiture of all pay and allowances
and a dishonorable discharge.
Military prosecutors said that ...