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===Use against prisoners===

[[Image:Abu Ghraib 56.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A bound prisoner in an orange [[jumpsuit]] is intimidated with a dog by US forces.]]The use of War Dogs on prisoners by the United States in the context of their recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq has been very controversial.

*US occupation of Iraq - The U.S. has used dogs to intimidate prisoners in [[Iraq]]<ref>U.S. Army interrogator Tony Lagouranis stated "''We were using dogs in the Mosul detention facility''" in the [[Seattle Post Intelligencer]], published on-line as [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/329528_amy30.html Gonzales' tortured legacy lingers]</ref>.

*Guantanamo Bay - It is believed that the use of dogs on prisoners in Iraq was learnt from practices at [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]]<ref>Usage of Dogs on prisoners in the Iraq conflict was learnt from practices in Guantanamo according to court testimony in the [[The Washington Post]], published on-line as : [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/26/AR2005072601792.html Abu Ghraib Dog Tactics Came From Guantanamo]</ref>.

In court testimony following the revelations of [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse]], it was stated that Col. Thomas M. Pappas approved the use of dogs for interrogations. Pvt. Ivan L. Frederick, who is serving an eight-year prison term, testified that interrogators were authorized to use dogs and that a civilian contract interrogator left him lists of the cells he wanted dog handlers to visit. "They were allowed to use them to . . . intimidate inmates," Frederick stated. Two soldiers, Sgt. Santos A. Cardona and Sgt. Michael J. Smith, were then charged with maltreatment of detainees, for allegedly encouraging and permitting unmuzzled working dogs to threaten and attack them. Prosecutors have focused on an incident caught in published photographs, when the two men allegedly cornered a naked detainee and allowed the dogs to bite him on each thigh as he cowered in fear.<ref>UTestimony taken from the [[Washington Post]], published on-line as [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/26/AR2005072601792.html Testimony Further Links Procedures at 2 Facilities]</ref>.

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