Witness: Dog Handler Laughed About Inmates

[dogday]

By DAVID DISHNEAU

FORT MEADE, Md. Mar 14, 2006 (AP)— An Army dog handler charged with using his animal to terrify Abu Ghraib prisoners laughingly claimed he was competing with a comrade to frighten detainees into soiling themselves, according to testimony Tuesday at his court-martial.

The testimony on the second day of the trial was the most damaging evidence yet against Sgt. Michael J. Smith.

The witness, Sgt. John H. Ketzer, was an interrogator at the prison in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.

He testified that one night, he followed the sounds of screaming to a cell where Smith's black Belgian shepherd was straining against its leash and barking at two cowering, teenage boys.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=1724227

This is just the saddest thing...

[muntrv]

1. It's

scumbags like this that give aid and comfort to the enemy, you free repukes.

[Hubert Flottz]

12. You are right about that!

It isn't Russ Feingold trying to hold Bush accountable for his crimes against America that creates more terrorists, it's Bush and Rumbo's Torture and Murder!

[Canuckistanian]

2. Where do they find these sadists?

Do they have to scour the country, give special tests, or what? Or is this just army conditioning that demonizes the "enemy"?

And, more to the point, could he do it to Americans if so ordered??

[AlienGirl]

9. They don't find them, they create them

Otherwise-normal-seeming people will do horrible things if they're under certain kinds of social pressure for long enough. See http://www.prisonexp.org/ for an example of what pre-screened psychologically healthy people will do--even when they *know* it's just an experiment.

And of course he could do it to Americans! There is nothing special about Americans that provides immunity from victimization. Just sharing a cultural and linguistic identity with people in a position of absolute power will not make them any less likely to abuse you.

Tucker

[Texasgal]

10. No...scouring is not needed..

War turns you into these violent beings... I feel sorry for them.

[AlienGirl]

11. Not just war, any situation of absolute power

[wakeme2008]

3. Things that make you go Mmmmm

Witness: Dog Handler Laughed About Inmates
Witness: Dog Handlers Say They Tried to Frighten Abu Ghraib Prisoners Into Soiling Themselves
By DAVID DISHNEAU
The Associated Press

FORT MEADE, Md.


Does anybody besides me think this is strange that the trial is taking place at the HOME OF THE NSA

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. I'm so proud to be an American today!

NOT!!!!!!

[Poppyseedman]

5. It does speak volumes about our military that

these dirt bags are on trial.

"He could get up to 24 1/2 years in prison if convicted on all 13 counts."

Let's see what they really get.

[Disturbed]

6. The Bush Regime is the Neo Evil Empire

[dogday]

8. Oh, man, that is just sick nt

[sproutster]

7. The images of the dog bites

Those f'ing psychopaths!!

If I had true freedom of speech and our government wasn't spying on our asses -- My opinion would be a bit more detailed.

This is your military on George Bush - Failure in Chief

[dogday]

13. I cannot believe that these are the actions of

US soldiers... This is sick to have our soldiers do this, just plain wrong....