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CID Report: 0073-04-CID939-82657

Sept. 25, 2004 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1818
CID Report on an investigation of: i) Aggravated Assault; ii) Willfully Discharging Firearm; iii) False Official Statement; iv) failure to Obey Order or Regulation. The charges stem from an incident where a Corporal supposedly willfully discharged a weapon in the direction of a detained Iraqi juvenile at the Refuel on the Move (ROM), Combat Support Center (CSC) Kenworth, Iraq. The Corporal stated this was an accidental discharge of his weapon and gave the Iraqi boy five dollars ($5.00) as on-the-spot compensation. The Corporal said he was sitting down with his rifle across his lap when the rifle discharged scaring some of the detainees. Other soldiers’ present offered statements that either denied the incident in order to protect the Corporal or otherwise did not fully cooperate with the investigation. The soldier admitted the substance of the incident and there was no indication that he was being malicious or threatening to the detainees and that the weapon discharge was truly an accident. The Special Agent in Charge has determined that furtherance of this investigation would be of little or no value and that leads remaining to be developed are not significant.
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