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Dog handler sentenced

FORT MEADE (Maryland): A military jury sentenced an army dog handler to 90 days hard labour and a reduction in rank on Friday for allowing his Belgian shepherd to bark within inches of an Iraqi detenu's face at Abu Ghraib prison. Army Sgt. Santos A. Cardona was the 11th soldier convicted of crimes stemming from the abuse of inmates at the prison in late 2003 and early 2004. Santos was found guilty of dereliction of duty and aggravated assault for allowing his dog to bark in the face of a kneeling detenu at the request of another soldier who was not an interrogator. He was acquitted of other charges, including unlawfully having his dog bite a detenu and conspiring with another dog handler to frighten prisoners. — AP

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