MP acquitted in Bagram abuse case

A soldier from Cincinnati-based Military Police battalion 377 was acquitted by a military jury on charges of beating an Afghan prisoner at Bagram. The prisoner, who the soldiers had sarcastically named "Timmy" (after the retarded character of South Park), allegedly suffered beatings during his imprisonment. He could not be located to testify, and military prosecutors were forced to rely on one eyewitness. Military justice once again seems unequipped to successfully prosecute abuses in Afghanistan and Iraq.