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Army Memo re: Reprimand for Obstruction of Justice (0011-04-CID469-79630)

Mar. 20, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1774
This memo issueing a reprimand for Obstruction of Justice is issued to a Major for his wrongfully impeding criminal investigation into drowning death of an Iraqi citizen in an incident know as the Tigris River Incident, Samarra, Iraq, January 3, 2004 contained in CID Report 0011-04-CID469-79630.
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OFFICIALS MENTIONED:
INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • 2004-01-03, Samarra, Iraq, Death
    • On January 3, 2004, an Iraqi national, Civilian, Mr. Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil, drowned after being thrown off a bridge into the Tigris River by solders of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. A First Lieutenant gave orders to his subordinates to have Mr. Fadhil and another victim forced into a river around the Samarra area of Iraq; Mr. Fadhil could not swim and drowned. The Investigation found a cover-up by the command that included the Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Battalion being reprimanded and admonished.