A military jury is continuing deliberations today in the court martial of a US Army dog handler accused of abusing detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison.

Close-up photographs of a bloody leg are part of the US government’s arsenal as it tries to convict an Army dog handler of abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

A MILITARY judge yesterday ordered an Army general who commanded the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay to testify at the court martial of a dog handler in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

Backed by enlarged photographs of terrified prisoners at Abu Ghraib being menaced by dogs, a prosecutor in the court martial of a US Army dog handler said today that the defendant violated two tenets of his training: to treat prisoners humanely and to use the minimum amount of force necessary to ensure compliance.

The court martial of a US Army dog handler charged with abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq could help clarify who approved the harsh treatment that human rights advocates say amounted to torture.

US INTELLIGENCE personnel ordered military dog handlers to use unmuzzled dogs to intimidate detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, according to The Washington Post.