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Autopsy Report: Hamza Hassad Tawfeek Nahm Byaty, Diwania, Iraq (Natural Death) (0167-04-CID899-81717) (Death Certificate Included)

Sept. 29, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 999
Autopsy No: ME 03 -385; enemy prisoner of war detainee at Baghdad International Airport prison (BIAP) who was being transported in a bus when he became short of breath, hypotensive and tachycardic. A medic administered an IV bolus, which briefly improved his symptoms but he soon arrested. Cause of Death: Undetermined atraumatic nontoxic cause; Manner of Death: Natural.
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  • 2003-08-07, Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) (Victory Base Complex), Iraq, Death
    •  A detainee at Baghdad International Airport, Hamza Hassad Tawfeek Najm Byaty, became short of breath during transport in a bus.  Medics administered an IV, but Mr. Byaty died shortly thereafter. An autopsy report stated that the cause of death was "Natural."