After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

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Oct. 22, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1298
This is an Article 15 proceeding against a Military Police soldier who punched a detainee in the mouth at Guantanamo hospital when the detainee spit at the MPs. The incident was reported in sworn statements by the soldiers present as follows: ...
June 24, 2005
UCMJ (Article 15)
Mash Alawad Alhabiri
Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap
Oct. 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2477
A Military Police soldier punched a detainee in the mouth at Guantanamo hospital to stop the detainee from spitting at the MPs. The incident was reported in sworn statements by the soldiers present as follows: Detainee, Mash Alawad Alhabiri, was ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Mash Alawad Alhabiri
Physical assault
Oct. 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2478

This document is a collection of seven (7) sworn statements concerning an incident at the Guantanamo hospital on October 7, 2004 when a detainee, Mash Alawad Alhabiri, attacked an MP and was subdued with a punch that bloodied his lip. Each ...

June 30, 2006
Investigative File, Interview (Statement)
Mash Alawad Alhabiri
Physical assault
Oct. 07, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 2479
DOD Hospital Record for the October 7, 2004 Incident at Guantanamo Hospital when a detainee attacked an MP who was attempting to loosen the detainees restraints to make the detainee more comfortable. The detainee was subdued with a punch in the ...
June 30, 2006
Medical (Physical (non-death))
Mash Alawad Alhabiri
Oct. 07, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 2480
This memo is a synopsis of the Military Police investigation in to the incident at Guantanamo Hospital where detainee Mash Alawad Alhabiri began to spit and attempt to attack the MPs present and was subdued by an MP with a punch to the mouth, ...
June 30, 2006
Non-legal Memo
Mash Alawad Alhabiri
Physical assault