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Scriptor Ignotus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 10:18 AM
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An Abu Ghraib Offender Heads Back to Iraq
I wish I could say I was shocked...


http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1554326-1,00.html

Exclusive: A military dog handler convicted for his role in the prisoner abuse scandal has been ordered back to help train the country's police

As if the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal weren't bad enough for America's image in the Middle East, now it may appear to much of the world that one of the men implicated in the scandal is returning to the scene of the crime.

The U.S. military tells TIME that one of the soldiers convicted for his role in Abu Ghraib, having served his sentence, has just been sent back to serve in Iraq.

Sgt. Santos Cardona, 32, a military policeman from Fullerton, Calif., served in 2003 and 2004 at Abu Ghraib as a military dog handler. After pictures of Cardona using the animal to threaten Iraqis were made public, he was convicted in May of dereliction of duty and aggravated assault, the equivalent of a felony in the U.S. civilian justice system. The prosecution demanded prison time, but a military judge instead imposed a fine and reduction in rank. Though Cardona was not put behind bars, he was also required to serve 90 days of hard labor at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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