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Military Jury Convicts Soldier For Abu Ghraib Abuses

HeadlineMay 17, 2005

Meanwhile a military jury in Texas has convicted army reservist Specialist Sabrina Harman on six of seven counts related to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Harman was tied to several of the most notorious photos to emerge from the Iraqi prison. She was credited with engineering the photo that showed a hooded inmate in rags standing on a box with electrical wires attached to his hands. She also posed by a pyramid of naked detainees. Harman faces a maximum of 5 years in prison.

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