Archive - Aug 20, 2007

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ABU GHRAIB OFFICER GOES TO TRIAL

A military judge has dropped 2 charges that were pending against an army officer for abuses committed in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Army Lt. Col. Steven Jordan, the only officer to face trial in the prisoner abuse scandal, was the director of interrogations at the notorious detention facility. Jordan no longer faces charges of making a false statement or of obstruction of justice, but continues to face charges of dereliction of duty, failure to obey an order, and of cruelty and maltreatment of detainees. Jordan's defense attorney has argued in the past that the culpability for prisoner abuse goes higher up the chain of command, but no officers above him have been charged with crimes.