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Agence France Presse Article: "US troops tortured Iraqi prisoner to death: report" (47 year old male, Asad Abdul Kareem Abdul Jaleel)

DOD | ACLU-RDI 4853
News article about a German television news report that reported the torture and killing of an Iraqi prisoner by US soldiers at a US military base in Al Asad West, Baghdad, Iraq. The news program, Spiegel TV, reported that a 47 year old Iraqi, Asad Abdul Kareem Abdul Jaleel, was picked up on the road by soldiers on suspicion of belonging to an insurgent group, he was then taken to the Al Asad Airbase and 'sadistically tortured. ' The report mentions that the soldiers also photographed the abuse. Also, it was reported that the U.S. pathologist, Luis A. Santiago, determined that Mr. Jaleel died in his sleep.
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  • Unknown date, Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Death
    • News article about a German television news report that reported the torture and killing of an Iraqi prisoner by US soldiers at a US military base in Al Asad West, Baghdad, Iraq. The news program, Spiegel TV, reported that a 47 year old Iraqi, Asad Abdul Kareem Abdul Jaleel, was picked up on the road by soldiers on suspicion of belonging to an insurgent group, he was then taken to Al Asad Airbase and 'sadistically tortured in the five days after his arrest.' The report mentions that the soldiers also photographed the abuse, the report stated that the photographed body showed 'clear signs of torture.'