US Soldier Convicted Of Abuse Sent Back To Iraq

Yalmuk · Post by **Yalmuk** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:52 pm

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A U.S. military policeman convicted of dereliction of duty and aggravated assault in the Abu Graib prison scandal has been ordered back to Iraq, Time reported on its Web site Thursday.

Sgt. Santos Cardona, 32, served as a military dog handler at the prison in 2003 and 2004. Photographs showed Cardona using a dog to threaten Iraqis. Prosecutors had demanded prison time, but a military judge instead imposed a fine and reduction in rank. Cardona was also required to serve 90 days of hard labor at Fort Bragg, N.C.

U.S. Army spokesman Maj. James Crabtree was quoted as saying that Cardona is a military policeman whose "unit happens to be deployed to Iraq, so he went with them." Crabtree said that the commander overseeing the transfer of Cardona and other members of his unit said "there were no issues associated with (Cardona's new) deployment."

Cardona, even though the military judge ordered a reduction in rank following his court martial, has since regained his previous rank as sergeant, Crabtree told Time.

The report cited a close friend of Cardona as saying that the soldier is fearful that he and comrades could become targets for terrorists in Iraq.

Cardona appears in at least one al-Qaida propaganda video depicting the abuse, Time said.

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsS ... 000039.htm

chrisdef · Post by **chrisdef** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:48 am

I thought all of you Americans said there was justice after Abu Ghraib and that the people involved where punished. Looks more like they just hid them from the media for awhile then put them straight back into action.

stormseal · Post by **stormseal** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:08 am

well you know what to do jihadi warrior

bitch as usual about it

chrisdef wrote:I thought all of you Americans said there was justice after Abu Ghraib and that the people involved where punished. Looks more like they just hid them from the media for awhile then put them straight back into action.

chrisdef · Post by **chrisdef** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:56 pm

After you. you have been on here bitching 10 times as long as me.

stormseal · Post by **stormseal** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:58 pm

really

chrisdef wrote:After you. you have been on here bitching 10 times as long as me.

wewant2no2 · Post by **wewant2no2** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:48 pm

Abu Ghraib dog handler blocked from going back to Iraq

Time magazine -- whose parent company, like CNN, is Time Warner -- first reported that Cardona was returning to the Middle East with his unit.

Cardona left Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Monday with his unit, en route to Iraq.

But after media inquiries, Army commanders announced they would not send Cardona because the publicity surrounding his conviction could make him and his fellow soldiers a target for insurgents.

Cardona will return from Kuwait to Fort Bragg.

So he never got to Iraq, and the ARMY will not be sending him.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/03/iraq.cardona/

Take care..

chrisdef · Post by **chrisdef** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:51 am

Thanks. Sucked into him i hope he goes home disgraced.