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Fay Report Annex: DOD Interview re: Conditions at Abu Ghraib Detention Facility

Jan. 20, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 853
[Document is unreadable in parts]. Interviewee was a member of the Internal Reaction Force. Interviewee stated that he/she observed a captain beating a detainee during the weapon search. Stated "[o]ne soldier was standing next to the [unreadable] side of the prisoner's head with the barrel of his rifle pressed against the prisoner's head." Stated the detainee had a sandbag over his head during the beating. Also noted: "I observed that the prisoners at the compounds were receiving punishment in the way of being forced to kneel on gravel until their knees were bleeding. I stopped this punishment whenever I observed it and brought it to the attention of [redacted]. Interviewee also observed an MI soldier choke and strike a prisoner in the presence of [redacted]. Finally stated, "I heard one of the navy dogs had bitten a prisoner that was flex-i-cuffed and not resisting."
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INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee was a member of the Internal Reaction Force. Interviewee stated that he/she observed a captain beating a detainee during the weapon search. Stated "[o]ne soldier was standing next to the [unreadable] side of the prisoner's head with the barrel of his rifle pressed against the prisoner's head." Stated the detainee had a sandbag over his head during the beating. Recalled the detainee was hit in the small of his back and that he had been stripped.
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee was a member of the Internal Reaction Force. Interviewee noted that in September 2003, "I observed that the prisoners at the compounds were receiving punishment in the way of being forced to kneel on gravel until their knees were bleeding. I stopped this punishment whenever I observed it and brought it to the attention of [redacted]."