BBC NEWS | Americas | Abu Ghraib dog handler in court

BBC NEWS | Americas | Abu Ghraib dog handler in court: "An army general has also been ordered to appear by the judge to testify about US interrogation in detention policies.

If convicted, Sgt Cardona could face up to 16 years in jail.

Sgt Cardona's attorneys have been allowed to call Maj Gen Geoffrey Miller to court to question him about the use of dogs in security and interrogation operations in US jails in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay.

He is the highest ranking officer ever to take the stand in any of the prosecutions arising from the abuse at Abu Ghraib.

Orders

Sgt Cardona's lawyers say they will press the general for information about a trip he made to Iraq to advise US officials on how to get better intelligence from detainees.

They claim that shortly after his trip, military dogs were shipped to Abu Ghraib and approved for use in interrogations."