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Abu Ghraib Warden Testifies About Dog Use

Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:40:30 PM
By DAVID DISHNEAU

In this 1994 photo released by the U.S. Army, Sgt. Michael J. Smith is seen during practice at Fort Riley, Kan. Sgt. Smith faced an article 32 hearing at Fort Meade, Md., which ended Wednesday, July 27, 2005. The hearing will determine weather Smith and Sgt. Santos A. Cardona will face courts martial on charges in connection with of prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison, in Baghdad. On Tuesday, witnesses testified that military dogs bit at least two detainees at the prison in Iraq, one severely enough torequire stitches. A defense lawyer told reporters the approval came from top officials as the Army tried to bring to Iraq some of the techniques that human-rights advocates have criticized at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Mike Heronemus)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - The commander in charge of Guantanamo Bay prison visited Abu Ghraib in 2003 and recommended the use of military dogs during interrogations, the former warden in Iraq testified Wednesday at a hearing for two Army dog handlers accused of prisoner abuse.

"We understood that he was sent over by the secretary of defense," Maj. David Dinenna testified.

He said teams of trainers were also sent to Abu Ghraib "to take these interrogation techniques, other techniques they learned at Guantanamo Bay, and try to incorporate them in Iraq."


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