US officer cleared of Iraq abuse

[demoleft]

Source: BBC

A US Army officer has been cleared of charges relating to abuse at Abu Ghraib prison but found guilty of disobeying an order not to discuss the case.

Lt-Col Steven Jordan, the only officer to be charged over the Iraq jail abuse scandal, had been accused of cruelty to detainees and dereliction of duty.

The inquiry was triggered by pictures of US soldiers humiliating and abusing Iraqi prisoners in 2003 and 2004.

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In an interview with the Washington Post last month, Lt-Col Jordan said he was being used as a scapegoat by officials who saw him as expendable because he was a reservist.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6967421.stm

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I'm reading it as breaking news on BBC. Sorry if it has already been posted on DU.

[Eugene]

1. Jury Reprimands Abu Ghraib Officer

Source: Associated Press

Jury Reprimands Abu Ghraib Officer

Wednesday August 29, 2007 2:31 PM

By DAVID DISHNEAU

Associated Press Writer

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A military jury on Wednesday
reprimanded the only officer court-martialed in the
Abu Ghraib abuse scandal, sparing him any prison time
for disobeying an order to keep silent about the abuse
investigation.

The jury had acquitted Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan
a day earlier of all three charges directly related to
the mistreatment of detainees at the U.S.-run prison
in Iraq.

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Jordan was convicted of a single charge: disobeying a
general's order not to discuss the abuse investigation.
The defense conceded that Jordan e-mailed a number
of soldiers about the investigation after meeting with
Maj. Gen. George Fay in spring 2004.

The impact of the reprimand on Jordan's career was
not immediately clear.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6883277,00.html

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Also: Abu Ghraib Verdict Irks Rights Groups - AP

[saigon68]

2. Impact of the reprimand on Jordan's career was

NOTHING

[Thothmes]

3. He will never see eagles on his collar

[demoleft]

4. I hope he'll see them in his nightmares! n/t

[saigon68]

5. Look what happened to Lynndie