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U.S. Soldier Sentenced for Abu Ghraib Torture

HeadlineSep 13, 2004

A US court martial in Baghdad sentenced a soldier to eight months in jail for maltreating and conspiring to maltreat Iraqi detainees. Specialist Armin J Cruz had confessed to forcing three naked inmates at Abu Ghraib jail to crawl along a floor before making them simulate sex acts. Cruz was spotted in a photo taken during abuses committed in October. He is the eighth American soldier to be charged over the abuses but the first from military intelligence. The jail sentence was four months short of the maximum term. Cruz is filing an appeal against the sentence.

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