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Formica Report Annex 108: Statement of US Army Major

June 6, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2597
Statement of a US Army major. Contains summaries of interviews with two detainees. First detainee, who was arrested on December 24, 2003, reported that he was "beaten ... and punched, ... hung by a nail from the wall with his hands bound behind his back." Detainee further stated that "interrogators grabbed his testicle with a plier, causing localized pain and bloody discharge," and that he was "sodomized with a metal 'penis' ... and he has had very painful defecations ever since." The statement reports that a medical examination found "ligature scars on his wrists consistent with his history" and "changes consistent with an anal fissure. Second detainee stated he was "beaten ... on the bottoms of his feet and burned with lit cigarettes.... He was also beaten on the left forearm and punched in the right eye and left ear. He also reports that they attempted to sodomize him." Last 4 pages of the document are redacted.
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  • 2003-12-24, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Statement of a US Army major. Contains summaries of interviews with a detainee who was arrested on December 24, 2003. Detainee reported that he was "beaten ... and punched, ... hung by a nail from the wall with his hands bound behind his back." Detainee further stated that "interrogators grabbed his testicle with a plier, causing localized pain and bloody discharge," and that he was "sodomized with a metal 'penis' ... and he has had very painful defecations ever since." The statement reports that a medical examination found "ligature scars on his wrists consistent with his history" and "changes consistent with an anal fissure.
  • 2004-04-24, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Sworn statement of a US Army major containing a summary of an interview with a detainee who was arrested on April 24, 2004. Detainee stated he was "beaten ... on the bottoms of his feet and burned with lit cigarettes.... He was also beaten on the left forearm and punched in the right eye and left ear. He also reports that they attempted to sodomize him."