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Formica Report Annex 111: Statement of Iraqi Detainee
June 20, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2600
Sworn statement of a detainee. States that, following his capture on April 27, 2004, he was put in a compartment so small that he could only sit in it. States he was severely beaten in an attempt to force a confession, threatened with rape, gagged with duct tape on his mouth until he almost died, denied food and water for days.
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- 2004-04-27, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) (Victory Base Complex), Iraq
- Summary of a statement given by a detainee. States that, following his capture on April 27, 2004, he was held for seven days in a small compartment; "I couldn't even stand up. It was an iron ceiling and a door.... It was a box not a room." States that during interrogations, "They put duct tape around my mouth and nose. I was almost out of breath. It was suffocating." Alleges he was severely beaten in an attempt to force a confession; "they hit me on my foot with a big stick until my feet were all blue.... They kicked me in the eye." Detainee states that he was also threatened with rape and denied food and water for days.