US soldier jailed for Iraq abuse

[emad]

BBC News snip:


An American soldier convicted of abusing prisoners in an Iraqi jail has been sentenced to one year in prison.
Jeremy Sivits admitted abusing inmates and photographing them in humiliating poses at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail.

Sivits, the first person to be found guilty over the scandal, was also demoted and discharged from service.

Fighting back tears, Sivits testified that colleagues at the prison told him senior officials had ordered the abuse to get the prisoners to talk.

Earlier, three other soldiers charged with mistreating Iraqi detainees declined to enter pleas at their pre-trial hearing.

More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3727289.stm

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