A 24-year-old U.S. military policeman will be the first soldier to face a court-martial in connection with the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, the military said Sunday.
Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., a member of the 372nd Military Police Company, will stand trial in Baghdad on May 19.
...The Army trained Sivits as a truck mechanic, not as a prison guard, his father, Daniel, said. He said his son "was just doing what he was told to do."
Sivits' trial will be open to media coverage, Kimmitt said.
U.S. officials have insisted that the abuses at Abu Ghraib were carried out by a handful of soldiers who failed to follow procedures and were not part of a systematic program of brutality.
"It is not much larger than the people already suspended, in the number of people already charged," Kimmitt said. "We may see more people involved. We still think this is still a very small number of guards involved
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Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., a member of the 372nd Military Police Company, will stand trial in Baghdad on May 19.
...The Army trained Sivits as a truck mechanic, not as a prison guard, his father, Daniel, said. He said his son "was just doing what he was told to do."
Sivits' trial will be open to media coverage, Kimmitt said.
U.S. officials have insisted that the abuses at Abu Ghraib were carried out by a handful of soldiers who failed to follow procedures and were not part of a systematic program of brutality.
"It is not much larger than the people already suspended, in the number of people already charged," Kimmitt said. "We may see more people involved. We still think this is still a very small number of guards involved
Really stupid tack.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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