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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This is a CID investigation into the death of Abdul Wali, a detainee at the Bagram Airfield (BAF), Afghanistan on December 19, 2008. It is reported that Mr. Wali was in his cell when he experienced a medical emergency. The soldier who responded ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Abdul Wali
This is a CID investigation in to the death of a detainee in Hutal City, Afghanistan, on December 4, 2008, and the death of a Department of Defense (DOD) Human Terrain Team (HTT) Member who died of injuries sustained in the same incident. This ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Abdul Salam
Physical assault
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Al Monsour Mohammad Al Jobouri, an Iraqi national who was reportedly shot & killed on May 16, 2008 in the Jazeera Desert, Iraq. This CID Report is the criminal investigation of a First Lieutenant ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Al Monsour Mohammad Al Jobouri
Physical assault
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Marwan Taha Ahmed, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Cropper. It is reported that on the morning of November 26, 2007, Mr. Ahmed failed to report for the daily headcount of ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Marwan Taha Ahmed
Physical assault
This is a CID investigation in to the reported death of an unnamed Iraqi male. The investigation was initiated when the CID investigator received an request to investigate an allegation that a member of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), ...
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Layith Husayn Khalaf Al Fahadwi, a detainee at Theater Internment Facility (TIF), Camp Cropper, Tent 4, Compound 4. On November 11, 2007 soldiers were alerted that Mr. Al Fahadwi was not well. He was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Layith Husayn Khalaf Al Fahadwi
Physical assault
This is a CID investigation into the death of Nawab Buntangyar, a combatant in Afghanistan. Mr. Buntangyar was engaging US & Afghani Security Forces (ASF) near Fire Base (FB) Chamkani, Afghanistan on October 13, 2006. Mr. Buntangyar was given ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Nawab Buntangyar
Physical assault