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Formica Report Annex 231: Statement of a Soldier re: Death of a Detainee in Custody

Oct. 18, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2708
Statement by a non-commisioned officer in chargec (NCOIC) who processed detainees after they were captured by Coalition Forces. "At first, I didn't look closely for injuries when detainees were in-processed. After a while, I was concerned and began to take notice of various injuries ... we started paying close attention to detainees physical condition during inprocessing because detainees were complaining a lot about excessive force being used during there capture." "I saw on one occasion detainee who had suffered broken ribs and a fracture to one of his arms, on another occasion I received one detainee who had received a bullet wound to his forearm and hand." "It is hard to identify any particular unit that was worse than others. However, I would say that [redacted]. This may be because they were more heavily involved in operations to capture or kill insurgents than any other unit."
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