Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S.
Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan
Overview
Executive Summary
Full
Report (PDF-1MB)
Press Release
Press Conference Statements:
Fact
Sheet: Deaths in Custody By the Numbers (PDF -35KB)
Fact Sheet: The Role of the Commanders
Table: Charges and Punishments
Sample Case Profiles
Appendices: Some of the Original
Source Documents
The Path Ahead: Recommendations
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Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq and
Afghanistan
Human Rights First's Freedom of Information Act Requests
Relating to Deaths in Custody
- June 11, 2004, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records and reports of criminal investigations by the Army Criminal Investigation
Command of possible misconduct against detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan since
January 2002.
- June 11, 2004, Request to the Central Intelligence
Agency for all records concerning investigations by the Office of the Inspector
General of the Central Intelligence Agency of deaths of three detainees in Iraq
and Afghanistan in 2003 – Manadel
al-Jamadi, Abid Hamid Mowhoush, and Abdul Wali.
- June 18, 2004, Request to the Department of Justice
for all records concerning the Department of Justice’s criminal investigation
of alleged homicide of a detainee in Iraq or Afghanistan by a contractor employed
by the Central Intelligence Agency.
- July 20, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to the Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
into the death of Sher Mohammed Khan.
- July 21, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
with sequence number 0011-04-CID469-79630 (drowning death of Zaidoun Hassoun).
- July 21, 2005, Request to NCIS Headquarters for all documents related to
the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigation into the death
of Nagem Sadoon Hatab.
- July 21, 2005, Request to the 5th Special Forces
Group for all documents related to the Commander’s Inquiry conducted, pursuant
to AR 15-6, into the death of Sajid Kadhim Bori al-Bawi on May 17th, 2004, in
Baghdad, Iraq.
- July 21, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Medical Command for all medical records
pertaining to the care of Sher Mohammed Khan, including his autopsy.
- July 21, 2005, Request to the 4th Infantry Division
for all records relating to the Commander’s Inquiry conducted pursuant
to AR 15-6 to investigate the shooting death of Obeed Hethere Radad.
- July 22, 2005, Request to NCIS Headquarters for all documents relating to
the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigation into the deaths
of Hamaady Kareem and Tahah Ahmead Hanjil.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
into the death of Lt. Col. Abdul Jameel.
- July 22, 2005, Request to Marine Corps Base Camp
Lejeune for investigation reports and supporting or otherwise related materials
for all commander’s
inquiries commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 2nd Battalion of the
2nd Marine Regiment regarding incidents occurring outside the territorial United
States and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to Marine Corps Base Camp
Pendleton for investigation reports and supporting or otherwise related materials
for all commander’s
inquiries investigations commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 3rd
Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment regarding incidents occurring outside the
territorial United States and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the 301st Military Police for investigation reports
and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation 15-6 investigations
commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 301st Military Police regarding
incidents occurring outside the territorial United States and involving bodily
injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the 5th Special Forces Group for investigation
reports and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation
15-6 investigations commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within 5th Special
Forces Group regarding incidents occurring outside the territorial United States
and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the 4th Infantry Division for investigation reports
and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation 15-6 investigations
commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 1/8th Infantry Battalion of
the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division regarding incidents occurring outside
the territorial United States and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the 4th Infantry Division for investigation reports
and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation 15-6 investigations
commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 4th Forward Support Battalion
of the 4th Infantry Division regarding incidents occurring outside the territorial
United States and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to Marine Corps Base Camp
Lejeune for investigation reports and supporting or otherwise related materials
for all commander’s
inquiries commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 2nd Regiment Combat
Team of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade regarding incidents occurring outside
the territorial United States and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the XVIII Airborne Corps for investigation reports
and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation 15-6 investigations
commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 7th Special Forces Group regarding
incidents occurring outside the territorial United States and involving bodily
injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment for investigation
reports and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation
15-6 investigations commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 3rd Armored
Cavalry Regiment regarding incidents occurring outside the territorial United
States and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the 1st Cavalry Division for investigation reports
and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation 15-6 investigations
commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 1st Battalion of the 41st Infantry
Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division regarding incidents occurring outside the
territorial United States and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the XVIII Airborne Corps for investigation reports
and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation 15-6 investigations
commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 519th Military Intelligence
Battalion regarding incidents occurring outside the territorial United States
and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 22, 2005, Request to the 20th Special Forces Group for investigation
reports and supporting or otherwise related materials for all Army Regulation
15-6 investigations commenced on or after January 1, 2002 within the 20th Special
Forces Group regarding incidents occurring outside the territorial United States
and involving bodily injury or death.
- July 25, 2005, Request to NCIS Headquarters for all records relating to a
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigation into the death of Manadel
al-Jamadi.
- July 25, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
into the death of Manadel al-Jamadi.
- July 26, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
with sequence number 0174-04-CID259, an investigation into a death which occurred
at an unknown location, probably in Iraq or Afghanistan, on September 13th, 2003.
- July 27, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
with sequence number 0233-04-CID789, an investigation into the possible death
of a detainee at Abu Ghraib, Iraq, in June of 2004, as the result of a blood
transfusion of the wrong type.
- July 28, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
with sequence number 0537-04-CID034, an investigation into a death which occurred
at an unknown location, probably in Iraq or Afghanistan, on December 1st, 2003.
- August 1, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
into the killing of Naser Ismail.
- August 2, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
into the killing of Jamal Naseer.
- August 3, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
with sequence number 0239-04-CID259, an investigation into a death which occurred
at Camp Bucca, Iraq, on an unknown date.
- August 5, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
with sequence number 0326-04-CID056, an investigation into a death which occurred
at an unknown location, probably in Iraq or Afghanistan, on an unknown date.
- August 8, 2005, Request to the U.S. Army Crime Records Center [CID] for all
records relating to an Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigation
with sequence number 0035-03-CID259-61144, an investigation into the death of
an Iraqi Army Private.
- August 10, 2005, Request to the Department of Defense for all records relating
to the detention, treatment, and transfer of Hadi Abdul Hussain Hasson al-Zubaidy,
an Iraqi citizen, treated aboard the USNS Comfort in 2003.
Source: Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq
and Afghanistan (2006)
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