Abu Ghraib Dog Abuse Hearing Ends
The Article 32 (preliminary) hearing of two soldiers charged with using unmuzzled dogs to abuse prisoners has ended:
The unmuzzled dogs also were used to terrify inmates at the direction of Col. Thomas M. Pappas, the highest-ranking military intelligence officer at the prison, and Steven Stefanowicz, a civilian contractor who directed interrogations, witnesses said.
A defense lawyer told reporters the approval went even higher as the Army tried to expand to the sprawling prison in Iraq some of the interrogation and intimidation techniques that human-rights advocates have criticized at Guantanamo Bay.
"They were trying to Gitmo-ize Abu Ghraib," said Harvey J. Volzer, a civilian attorney for Cardona, 31, of Fullerton, Calif.
A ruling is expected in about two weeks.
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