Military style justice

Major Clarke Paulus ordered a subordinate to drag Nagem Hatab, 52, an Iraqi prisoner, by the neck for approximately 20 feet. Why by the neck? "It was the only area that didn't have faeces on it," Paulus testified.

Hatab died shortly afterward; a military forensics examiner found he broke a bone in his neck and suffocated .

Powlas faces a maximum sentence of 18 months. The marine in question was given 60 days hard labour and demoted to private.