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Second Endorsement on SMBR 1tr 1920 SJA of 21 June 2004. Memo from Commandant of the Marine Corps to Assistant Secretary of the Navy (M&RA). SUBJECT: Report of Board of Inquiry in the case of [redacted] 0602 USMCR.
Jan. 9, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 658
[Redacted] mistreated Iraqis under his charge, endangering the welfare of his Marines by opening them to Iraqi retaliation. In the first incident on 06/23/2003, [redacted] ordered his Marines to strip four Iraqi detainees to their underwear and sent them out to a public street in Al Kut. These detainees had been captured three times prior for stealing items from an ammunition supply point. In the second incident on 06/28/2003 he had his Marines burn the clothes and some personal belongings (mats and pillows) of Iraqis at the roadside after their vehicle was shot off of the road at a checkpoint, allegedly to prevent the spread of disease from dirty clothes. [Redacted] failed to treat these Iraqis in accordance with Marine Corps orders or Geneva Convention standards. Many of the sheets are scripts of interviews of US personnel (names blacked out), giving their account and view of the instances mentioned. [Redacted] was found to have demonstrated a substandard performance of duty by a board of inquiry (p.1759) and recommended that he "be separated from the Naval Service...with service characterized as Honorable". Also included are character references for [redacted], most favorable, and certificates e.g. for membership of the US Marine Corps, Boy Scouts of America and completion of courses in "warfighting skills" (names redacted).