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Autopsy Report: 56-year-old Iraqi Male, Al Qaim, Iraq (Homicide) (Death Certificate Included)
Dec. 18, 2003 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1002
Autopsy No.: ME03-571; 56 year-old male detainee died while in U.S. custody. The details surrounding the circumstances at the time of death are classified. Cause of death: Asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression. Manner of Death: Homicide. Significant findings of the autopsy included rib fractures and numerous bruises, some of which were patterned due to impacts with a blunt object. Victim may be Iraqi Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush.
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- 2003-11-26, Camp Al Qaim, Iraq, Death
- A 56-year-old Iraqi male detainee died while in U.S. custody. The details of the circumstances at the time of death are classified. Cause of death is determined to be asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression. The manner of death is homicide. The autopsy report indicates that there were rib fractures and blunt force trauma injuries including contusions (bruises) and abrasions of the skin and soft tissue of the chest and abdomen with patterned contusions, consistent with impact from a blunt object(s). Detainee is most likely Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush.