Iraq deployment of soldier convicted of prisoner abuse is halted

[spindrifter]

Stars and Stripes
From Stars and Stripes and wire reports
Mideast edition, Saturday, November 4, 2006

ARLINGTON, Va. — An Army dog handler convicted of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is in temporary limbo in Kuwait after narrowly missing a return trip to Iraq with his military police unit.

Sgt. Santos A. Cardona boarded a plane Monday bound for Iraq. He is assigned to the 23rd Military Police Company, said Maj. James Crabtree, a spokesman for the 18th Airborne Corps, which is headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C.

But after Army leaders began receiving media inquiries into the matter on Thursday, they immediately put a hold on Cardona’s trip, Army spokesman Paul Boyce told Pentagon reporters Friday morning.

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“For the safety of the soldier and of his unit, we cannot allow him to go forward” into Iraq, Boyce said.

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http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=41258

[Webster Green]

1. Wish they would have sent the asshole back to Iraq..

..to get what he deserves.