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Army Sgt. Santos A. Cardona leaves a military court after a pre-trial hearing in this Tuesday, April 18, 2006 photo in Washington. Just days after shipping out for Iraq, the soldier convicted of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib during a previous tour was ordered back to his home base, officials said Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Spec. Cardona of Fullerton, Calif., had departed Fort Bragg, N.C., on Monday with his unit, the 23rd Military Police Company, and was in Kuwait, preparing to move into Iraq, when the Army decided that for his own safety he should be stopped. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Evan Vucci)