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Formica Report Annex 42: CID Report: 0106-04-CID259-80185

June 6, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 2532
Pages 9-11 of a 12-page CID report (0106-04-CID259-80185), consisting of an Agent's investigation Report. A detainee claims that he was "physically abused while at the palace," including being "pulled by his penis, kicked, punched, and hit with a hard object," and having a bottle "forced up his rectum. He was forced to sign a statement." Another detainee, Ali 156215, related he was physically abused at the palace; "when he was taken out of the vehicle he was pulled by his penis and forced to stand in one location for several hours. He is handicapped. He was punched, kicked and struck with a hard object many times." States that "he was at the palace for five or six days and abused the entire time". Detainee claims to have heard his sisters and seen his brother. Report also includes an interview with an Intelligence Officer, who "stated he has never seen any detainee being abused and he has never abused a detainee." Stated that "[redacted] overheard one detainee reassure another detainee that after they get transferred to the 'airport' they would claim they were abused and subsequently released."
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INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • 2004-05-31, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Agent's Investigation Report from CID Report 0106-04-CID259-80185. Includes testimony from detainee who stated that "he was physically abused while at the Palace, he was pulled by his penis, kicked, punched, hit with a hard object and a water bottle was forced up his rectum." Detainee claimed that "he was forced to sign a statement" but "did not know how to read or write." He "related a hood was placed over his head," and "he did not know who tortured him and he did not want to say Americans did it because he could not see anyone." He "related he was not abused while at Abu Prison or at the IP Station."
  • 2004-05-31, Unknown, Iraq, Death
    • Agent's Investigation Report from CID Report 0106-04-CID259-80185. Includes an interview with a detainee at Abu Ghraib, "Ali 156215". Detainee stated that "he was physically while at the Palace. A hood was placed over his head and when he was taken out of the vehicle he was pulled by his penis and forced to stand in one location for several hours." Detainee "is handicapped and suffers from a bone deficiency." The agent's comments note that the detainee "has had surgeries on his legs; however they still appeared to be deformed and he had trouble walking." Detainee stated that, while being forced to stand, "he was punched, kicked and struck with a hard object many times in the kidney area, back and stomach." After being taken to another location he "heard his sisters in the room," and "an unknown person threw a person on the detainee, which he later found out was his brother," who was "naked and bleeding severely and had bruises all over his body." Detainee related that the next day he was taken to a hill, where "an unknown man ... kicked him down the hill." Detainee related he was "pulled by his penis, and water was forced up his rectum." He was subsequently "taken to an IP station where he was informed his brother was brought in dead and six others were brought in tortured." Detainee stated "he was not mistreated while at the IP Station or while at Abu Prison."