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CID Report (Death): 0145-2004-CID146-71444

Oct. 26, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 4867
TYPE: Investigative File (CID)
RELEASE DATE: Dec. 30, 2004 | CID
SOURCE: ACLU FOIA Request (Oct. 7, 2003)
CID Report regarding alleged riot at Abu Ghraib prison on June 13, 2003, during which one Iraqi detainee, Alla Jasin Hassan, was shot to death by Military Police (MP). Official investigation concludes that the shooting was a justified homicide, because Hassan allegedly "incited other detainees to riot by trying to overtake the Military Police (MP) guards inside of the compound utilizing rocks and tent poles, posing a credible threat to the MP guards." The riot allegedly ensued "after 14 other Iraqi detainees were released from the prison." Report includes several witness statements and sketches of the Abu Ghraib compound.
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  • 2003-06-13, Camp Vigilant, Iraq, Death
    • Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • According to this CID Report, a riot broke out at Camp Vigilant / Baghdad Central Confinement Facility / Abu Ghraib on June 13, 2003. Fourteen or fifteen detainees had been released, and other detainees were upset. The victim, Alla Jasin Hassan, allegedly "incited other detainees to riot by trying to overtake the Military Police (MP) guards inside of the compound utilizing rocks and tent poles, posing a credible threat to the MP guards." At least one MP was struck by a thrown rock. "As a result, lethal force was justifiably used against Mr. Hassan, which resulted in his death." Hassan was shot one or two times. He was taken to a morgue and photographed; those interviewed in the CIA Report indicated that they did not know where those photographs had been placed. One military officer interviewed stated that "During the first two months [Abu Ghraib was operational] most of the problems dealing with inmates were because of a lack of translators, running out of water, lack of food, lack of shelter, no bathrooms or showers, no bedding and most of all medical care." The alleged riot took place in this context.