General ordered to testify on Abu Ghraib

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.

The judge, Marine Lt Col Paul McConnell, agreed to allow attorneys to question Maj Gen Geoffrey Miller during the trial of Sgt Santos A Cardona, who is accused of using his dog to abuse inmates at Abu Ghraib in Iraq.

Miller would become the highest-ranking military officer to testify in the Abu Ghraib scandal. Early this year, Miller said he was refusing to answer questions, but he is prepared to testify now, Cardona's lawyer said.