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CID Report: 0186-04-CID259-80231

Aug. 5, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 99
CID Report of investigation into alleged abuse and sodomy of detainee. Victim was captured on May 4, 2004 “by two males wearing green t-shirts, cargo pants and tan vests, who stated they worked for the Criminal Investigations."He was handcuffed, hooded and transported to their headquarters in Baghdad, where he was interrogated and abused for a period of four days. He was then transferred to Abu Ghraib. A week later, he was again transferred, this time to Camp Bucca, Iraq. For details, see Incident. Investigation concludes there is not sufficient evidence to prove or disprove the allegations.
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INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • 2004-05-04, Baghdad, Iraq
    • CID Report of investigation into alleged abuse and sodomy of detainee. Victim was captured on May 4, 2004 “by two males wearing green t-shirts, cargo pants and tan vest[s], who stated they worked for the ‘Criminal Investigations.’” He was handcuffed, hooded and transported to their headquarters in Baghdad, where he was interrogated and abused for a period of four days. He was then transferred to Abu Ghraib. A week later, he was again transferred, this time to Camp Bucca, Iraq. In a sworn statement dated June 18, 2004, the detainee stated that he hit with a stick and poked with a rifle. In the interrogation room, he was punched repeatedly in the middle of his back with closed fists and slapped. He stated that his interrogators “picked me up and took me to the bath tub. They started putting my head in the bath tub and dunking my head into the water,” causing the detaining to vomit. The dunks lasted “about a minute” and occurred several times. The detainee was then taken to another room with “wooden walls.” There, “the muscular black male came in and hung me by my handcuffs off something on the wall.” The officer then hit and headbutted the victim. The victim was then taken into another room and re-dunked in a tub full of water. He was then taken to yet another room and his pants removed. He was shocked “twice with two wires that were connected to the circuit breaker on the wall.” Throughout his ordeal, an “Egyptian interpreter, [a] white female blonde [officer with] blonde hair to the shoulders, and a muscular black male were present.” He was then put in another room “until Friday” May 7, 2004. On Friday afternoon, the female officer, Egyptian interpreter, and another officer took him to another room, where they took off the victim’s clothes and blindfold. The victim saw “a plastic dick it was approximately 30 cm long and beige in color. Somewhat like a human’s dick.” The Egyptian interpreter held the detainee down with “his knee on my neck,” and the unnamed official held the victim’s legs open. He was held on his stomach. The female officer then “put the dick in my anus.” It was left there for “3-5 minutes” while the detainee was interrogated. The detainee also alleged that after this rape he was clothed and made to take a picture “with the Captain giv[ing] me a hundred dollar bill. They then threatened to show the picture to the Iraqis and say I was working with them.” He was also forced to drink urine. Army physician who examined the victim observed “a scar on his right wrist which was indicative of him being pulled by his handcuffs or being hung by handcuffs” and that the victim “was bleeding from his anus and this injury could [have] occurred when [the victim] was forcibly sodomized.” Conclusion: investigation “did not develop sufficient evidence to prove or disprove the allegations made,” nor did it “further diminish the integrity or credibility” of the detainee. Documents in the CID Report indicate that a detainee subsequently went to the U.S. “and filed a serious complaint about abuses he underwent,” and tried to sue the government. That information is included in an email dated June 22, 2004. It is not clear when or whether the detainee referenced in this email is the victim-detainee who was the subject of this CID Report. It is unclear whether the victim-detainee had been released by this time or whether he had been able to leave Iraq. Another email in the CID Report, written by a U.S. lieutenant on June 28, 2004, states “If there isn’t medical evidence then this terrorist lied and you should find a way to charge him with perjury, filing a false statement and anything else available. That is the only way these people will learn the value of their word and that there are consequences for a lack of integrity.” Investigation concludes there is not sufficient evidence to prove or disprove the allegations.