FORT MEADE, Md. — A military jury on Thursday convicted an Army dog handler of using his animal to torment a prisoner at Abu Ghraib.

Sgt. Santos A. Cardona is the 11th soldier convicted of crimes stemming from the abuse of inmates at the prison in late 2003 and early 2004.

Cardona, 32, of Fullerton, Calif., was convicted of dereliction of duty and aggravated assault for allowing his dog to bark within inches of a prisoner's face.

But the panel of four officers and three enlisted soldiers acquitted Cardona of some of the most serious charges he faced, including unlawfully having his dog bite an inmate and conspiring with another dog handler to frighten prisoners into soiling themselves.

Cardona, a 12 Z\x-year veteran, stood at attention in his green dress uniform as the verdict was read. He faces a maximum penalty of 3 Z\x years.

Prosecutors asked that he receive a year in prison and a bad conduct discharge; the defense called for no prison time and a return to duty.

Prosecutors portrayed Cardona as part of a small group of corrupt soldiers who enjoyed tormenting prisoners.

"This is all for their amusement," Maj. Christopher Graveline said in closing arguments.

Ten low-ranking soldiers, including fellow dog handler Sgt. Michael Smith, have been convicted in the Abu Ghraib scandal, in which detainees were abused and photographed in painful or sexually humiliating positions. Smith was sentenced to 179 days in prison.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two bombs struck in quick succession at a pet market this morning in central Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding 57, police said.The explosives were left in a bag at the al-Ghazil market, where Iraqis can go every Friday to buy dogs, birds, snakes and other animals. Five people were killed and 57 wounded, some seriously, Lt. Ahmed Muhammad Ali said.About 10 minutes later, an explosion near a Shiite mosque in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Jadida killed two civilians and injured five, according to Lt. Ali Abbas. The bomb exploded near a shelter across the street from the Husseiniyat al-Abbas mosque, he said.A roadside bomb also targeted a patrol in the Mansour district in western Baghdad, wounding two policemen and damaging their vehicle, Lt. Maitham Abdul Razzaq said.

FORT BLISS, Texas — An Army private was acquitted Thursday of charges that he abused inmates at a U.S. detention facility in Afghanistan.Pfc. Damien M. Corsetti was the last soldier charged in the Army's investigations of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan. He cried with relief when the court-martial panel cleared him of charges of assault, maltreatment, dereliction of duty, using hashish and drinking on duty.The panel deliberated about 30 minutes."I just said, 'Thank you, Jesus,"' said Corsetti, 26, of the verdict.Corsetti is the last of 15 soldiers to face charges in an abuse investigation launched after two detainees died in 2002. The counter-intelligence soldier, with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort Bragg, N.C., is not charged with abusing those two.

TOKYO — A Japanese court today convicted a U.S. sailor of killing a Japanese woman during a robbery near Tokyo and sentenced him to life in prison.William Reese, 22, was convicted of robbing and fatally beating the 56-year-old woman near the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, on Jan. 3.Reese pleaded guilty but said he had not intended to kill the woman, according to Kyodo News Agency.Judge Masazo Ogura said the killing shocked residents near the base and caused them anxiety, Kyodo reported.Reese, from Pittsgrove, N.J., held the rank of seaman