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Abu Ghraib prison
U.S. troops surround an Iraqi detainee in this photo obtained by The New Yorker said to be taken in December 2003 at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison.
Soldier gets maximum sentence
Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits was jailed for one year after pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of abuse in the first court-martial stemming from mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. Full story
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