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CID Report (Death): 0167-04-CID899-81717

May 31, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 16

Investigation into the death of Hamza Hassad Tawfeek Najm Byaty. Mr. Byaty had been detained at Baghdad International Airport and was being transported in a bus when he became short of breath, hypotensive, and tachycardic. An IV briefly improved his symptoms but he died shortly thereafter. The autopsy report from AFIP reflected Mr. Byatty's cause of death was Undetermined Atraumatic Cause and manner of death was Natural.

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  • 2003-08-07, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) (Victory Base Complex), Iraq, Death
    •  A detainee at Baghdad International Airport, Hamza Hassad Tawfeek Najm Byaty, became short of breath during transport in a bus.  Medics administered an IV, but Mr. Byaty died shortly thereafter. An autopsy report stated that the cause of death was "Natural."