CID Report of Investigation (10/15/2004) II

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Reproduced from Booman Tribune

Defense Department Documents, 02/16/05

• CID Report of Investigation (into torture), Part 1, 10/15/04 **http://www.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/021605/5895_5923.pdf + Part 2, 10/15/04 **http://www.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/021605/5924_6021.pdf
• CID Report of Investigation (into torture), 10/15/04
  • http://www.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/021605/6022_6039.pdf

I've given these three documents a preliminary going-over; the capsule descriptions provided on the parent page are essentially accurate, as far as they go.These PDFs contain scans of the contents of the Army's Criminal Investigation Division case files regarding two Iraqi detainees who were held at the Abu Ghraib prison complex.

The first two files concern a man from Tikrit who claimed he had been beaten, choked with a rope and subjected to a mock execution during interrogation by Americans in civilian clothes. The investigation seems to have been closed once, then reopened. The first file totals 29 scanned pages, the second 98. All names have been redacted. There are sections identified as foreign language documents that have been left out. These appear to be the subject's statements; there are English translations that seem to correspond to the omissions. I will provide a more detailed inventory of the documents when I have more time; what's here looks complete enough to construct a fairly robust narrative of the incident(s?), which occurred in September 2003, and the subsequent events. There are mentions of possible involvement by a "Task Force 20," which may or may not be significant. The case was closed in September 2004 with the determination by a Staff Judge Advocate at Fort Hood, Texas, that the offenses of Aggravated Assault and Mistreatment of a Prisoner were "Unfounded." There's a story here, I think.

The third file concerns a detainee at Abu Ghraib who died in custody, apparently of a cardiac arrest. Witness statements indicate that he turned blue and fell over. His name was Raidh Mohammad Abd Al Razak, and the records indicate that he was being treated for cardiac disease. The autopsy report lists cause of death as "natural". The file includes 18 scanned pages, and names other than the deceased have been redacted. Investigation of the scene of death was impractical due to several hundred extremely angry detainees. There didn't seem to be any indication of the reason Abd Al Razak was being held, but no overt abuse led to his death. (You know, other than being locked up...)

I'll try to get a bit deeper into the first two files over the weekend; this report is based on a couple of hours skimming and scanning last night.

All suggestions, comments, and directions are welcome.

Originally on Booman Tribune by chasfr (cruheataffinitygroupdotcom) on Thu Jun 2nd, 2005 at 10:11:32 AM PDT