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Article: ABU GHRAIB DOG HANDLER FOUND GUILTY

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March 21, 2006
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The U.S. Army issued the following press release:

A military police dog handler was found guilty today of charges related to maltreatment of detainees at the Abu Ghraib confinement facility in Iraq.

The verdict for Sgt. Michael Smith came after more than a week of court-martial proceedings at Fort Meade. The panel began hearing testimony today regarding sentencing.

Smith, a 24-year-old MP then with the 523rd Military Police Battalion, was accused of several violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice stemming from incidents involving his un-muzzled military working dog at Abu Ghraib in late 2003 and early 2004.

He was found guilty of two out of five counts of prisoner maltreatment, ...

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