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Command Investigation (Camp Fallujah, Iraq, July 1-8, 2004): re: Two separate allegations of detainee abuse

Aug. 29, 2004 | DON | ACLU-RDI 4809
U.S. Marine Corps. command investigation into two allegations of detainee abuse taking place at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. In the first allegation, a witness alleged that he/she observed a rapid deployment force (RDF) guard make a detainee perform pushups and squats, the guard also kicked sand and dust into the detainee's eyes. In the second allegation, detainee, Abdullah Tohtasinovich Magrupov, alleged that a marine pushed him with the bottom of his foot and forced him to topple forward from his kneeling position. Both allegations were determined by the Commanding Officer to be unfounded.
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INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • 2004-07-05, Fallujah, Iraq
    • On July 7, 2004, during an interrogation, Abdullah Tohtasinovich Magrupov, reported to [redacted] that he was physically abused by a guard on or about July 5, 2004. Mr. Magrupov alleged that while waiting to receive water at the watering point with several other detainees, a guard kicked him twice in the middle of his back, causing him to fall forward and land on his face and hands. The detainee stated he was not harmed, but cried during the interrogation.
  • Unknown date, Fallujah, Iraq
    • U.S. Marine Corps. command investigation into two allegations of detainee abuse taking place at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. In the first allegation, a witness alleged that he/she observed a rapid deployment force (RDF) guard make a detainee perform pushups and squats, the guard also kicked sand and dust into the detainee's eyes.