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

Jan. 21, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 763
Interviewee was assigned to AG as a Member of the Military Intelligence Group (dates unknown). Recalled seeing MPs make detainees perform physical exercise, while yelling at them. This occurred either before a detainee was interrogated, but it also occurred at random hours at night. Interviewee was aware of MPs taking pictures of detainees. Recalled detainees being naked. Recalled an incident where a detainee threw his feces; MPs made him take a cold shower, then roll in the dirt and air dry naked, then shower in cold water again (the MPs laughed and yelled at the detainee during this incident). Recalled seeing an MP slap a detainee. The detainee refused to continue doing physical exercises.
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RECEIVING AGENCIES:
INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee was assigned to AG as a Member of the Military Intelligence Group (dates unknown). Recalled seeing MPs make detainees perform physical exercise, while yelling at them. This occurred either before a detainee was interrogated, but it also occurred at random hours at night. Recalled seeing an MP slap a detainee. The detainee refused to continue doing physical exercises.
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee was assigned to AG as a Member of the Military Intelligence Group (dates unknown). Recalled an incident where a detainee threw his feces; MPs made him take a cold shower, then roll in the dirt and air dry naked, then shower in cold water again (the MPs laughed and yelled at the detainee during this incident).