Soldier cleared of Iraqi prisoner abuse charge

A military court acquitted a US Army officer of failing to control lower-ranking soldiers who humiliated and abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq during the autumn of 2003.

Soldier cleared of Iraqi prisoner abuse charge

A military court acquitted a US Army officer of failing to control lower-ranking soldiers who humiliated and abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq during the autumn of 2003.

But the panel at Fort Meade, Maryland, convicted Lieutenant Colonel Steven Jordan of disobeying a general's order not to talk to others about a subsequent investigation into the abuse.

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