Word: dog
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...Similar signs were seen throughout Jerome, which enforced a curfew from dusk to dawn starting Monday night, as police prevented people without valid identification from entering the ruined town. "I'm a little hard of hearing and I was in the basement - me and my dog - so I didn't hear a thing," said Yvonne McCauley, 77, who was out during the curfew walking her dog, Molly. "But when I came out, my neighborhood, it was terrible to see. My neighbor's car was squashed, and another neighbor had a tree that crashed on his house. Me, I just feel...
...court martial of Sgt. Michael J. Smith, which opened at Fort Meade, Md., this week, is a "dog bites man " story with potentially national implications. Prosecutors say that the 24-year old military dog handler from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., "tormented, terrorized and terrified" prisoners at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, and have charged him with five counts of prisoner mistreatment, four assaults, two counts of conspiracy, one of dereliction of duty and a final charge of committing an indecent act. All involve his use of a black Belgian Shepherd named Marco at Abu Ghraib in late 2003 and early...
...point to statements made by Army Col. Thomas Pappas, the senior military intelligence officer at Abu Ghraib, who has said he had approval from Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, a former commandant of Guantanamo who helped establish interrogation rules at Abu Ghraib. According to Pappas, Miller approved the use of dogs to extract information from detainees. In a statement given under oath on Jan. 25 after he was granted immunity from prosecution, Col. Pappas said he personally approved the use of dogs for a handful of prisoners. That approval, he said, came just days before now notorious photographs - since introduced...
...Miller testify before his panel at an unspecified date. Last month, Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina who also sits on the committee, made an even more pointed comment, saying, "Shame on us if we allow a story to go forward that is not true and the... dog handlers are paying the price...
...After Smith's trial is over, Sgt. Santos Cardona, a canine handler who worked with Sgt. Smith at Abu Ghraib, will be tried for his alleged similar abuses involving his dog. Sgt. Cardona is contesting the charges against him and is expected to invoke some of the same defense arguments as Sgt. Smith. So far in the Abu Ghraib scandal, only low-ranking soldiers have been subject to prison terms, with Graner, often described as the ringleader, sentenced to more than 10 years...