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| US officer tried over Abu Ghraib |
| The court martial of the only US Army officer charged over the abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison has begun, but two key ......................
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 21-August-2007
2:22:25 AM |
| Lt-Col Steven Jordan, 51, is accused of cruelty to detainees and dereliction of duty. Charges of lying on oath and making a false statement were dropped.
The inquiry was triggered by pictures of US soldiers humiliating and abusing Iraqi prisoners in 2003 and 2004.
Lt-Col Jordan has pleaded innocent and says he is being used as a scapegoat.
If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum penalty of eight and a half years in prison.
Two of the most serious charges against him were dismissed after an investigating officer told the court he had not read Lt-Col Jordan his rights during a 2004 interview.
The first charge dropped was that Lt-Col Jordan had made a false official statement. The second was one of lying while being questioned on oath.
The court martial is taking place at Fort Meade, Maryland, and is expected to last two weeks.
'Expendable'
Lt-Col Jordan was in charge of the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Centre at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison during the second half of 2003.
He is accused of illegally approving the use of nudity and dogs in interrogations of Iraqi prisoners.
He is also charged with dereliction of duty and with disobeying an order not to discuss the investigation with others.
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