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Fay Report Annex: DOD Interview of an Abu Ghraib detainee re: Conditions at Abu Ghraib Detention Facility
June 13, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 826
Interviewee was a detainee at AG on or around December 2003.
The detainee stated that "[w]hen I arrived, I was handcuffed and had a sandbag over my head." The detainee continued, "the treatment at Abu Ghraib was not bad and I was never hit in Abu Ghraib. The bad treatment began from the time I was captured until I arrived at Abu Ghraib." "[O]ne time at Abu Ghraib, I was made to walk without shoes over rocks from my cell to another place and I had my hands tied behind me. Another time I had my hands tied behind my back and the person would run with me and hit my head against the wall....Another time in the bathroom, he hit me on my head and while another guy (I don't know who) held my hands. My head was dizzy from the hits for three days. I thought I was going to die... I was made to take a cold shower with my suit while my hands were tied. I was tied to a window."
Also, stated that the group that captured him/her was wearing civilian clothes. When I was captured, I was interrogated by an American and an Iraqi. The detainee was unable to identify anyone because he/she had a sandbag over his/her head. The American hit me, but the Iraqi hit me more."
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- Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
- Interviewee was a detainee at AG on or around December 2003. The detainee stated that "[w]hen I arrived, I was handcuffed and had a sandbag over my head." The bad treatment began from the time I was captured until I arrived at Abu Ghraib." "[O]ne time at Abu Ghraib, I was made to walk without shoes over rocks from my cell to another place and I had my hands tied behind me. Another time I had my hands tied behind my back and the person would run with me and hit my head against the wall....Another time in the bathroom, he hit me on my head and while another guy (I don't know who) held my hands. My head was dizzy from the hits for three days. I thought I was going to die... I was made to take a cold shower with my suit while my hands were tied. I was tied to a window... The first 15 days I arrived were very difficult. I was punched and hit. The person who hit me was the one who spoke Iraqi. He put me down in the mud and walked on me and bit me."
- Unknown date, Unknown, Iraq
- Interviewee was a detainee at AG on or around December 2003. The detainee also stated that "the group that captured me did not want to know the truth. They called themselves intelligence personnel and tell us they are from the American Coalition Forces to scare us. They were wearing civilian clothes but no fled vest-or helmets. They came in their cars (BMW, NISSAN Truck, and other cars) and With guns....They looted the house. They steal gold money, and cars. My son and I were taken away quickly. My son was sitting in the garden and was not at fault. When I was captured, I was interrogated by an American and an Iraqi. I do not know what they looked like because I had a bag over my head. The American hit me, but the Iraqi hit me more."
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