Abu Ghraib dog handler convicted (BBC)

A US Army dog handler has been convicted of abusing prisoners with his dog at Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail.

Sgt Santos Cardona, 32, was found guilty on two of nine charges of abuse and dereliction of duty at the prison, near Baghdad, in 2003 and 2004.

Cardona now faces up to three-and-a-half years in jail.

The military policeman is the 11th American soldier to be convicted in connection with abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib jail.
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A US military jury cleared Cardona of seven other charges of at a trial at Fort Meade in Maryland, in a court martial which began on Tuesday.
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