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CID Report (Death): 0011-04-CID469-79630
Apr. 23, 2005 | CID | ACLU-RDI 1557
A CID Report with several Commander's reports relating to the investigation and punishment of soldiers involved in the drowning death of an Iraqi civilian, Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil, in Samarra, Iraq on January 3, 2004. Mr. Fadhil drowned after being thrown off a bridge into the Tigris River by solders of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. A First Lieutenant gave orders to his subordinates to have Mr. Fadhil and another victim forced into a river around the Samarra area of Iraq; Mr. Fadhil could not swim and drowned. The Investigation found a cover-up by the command that included the Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Battalion. The soldiers being disciplined here were involved in the incident. The report lists the crimes and individual punishments meted out. The charges include: involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and making an False Official Statement.
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- 2004-01-03, Samarra, Iraq, Death
- On January 3, 2004, an Iraqi national, Civilian, Mr. Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil, drowned after being thrown off a bridge into the Tigris River by solders of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. A First Lieutenant gave orders to his subordinates to have Mr. Fadhil and another victim forced into a river around the Samarra area of Iraq; Mr. Fadhil could not swim and drowned. The Investigation found a cover-up by the command that included the Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Battalion being reprimanded and admonished.
RELATED DOCUMENTS AND LINKS:
- CID Report (Death): 0011-04-CID469-79630
- Article 15 Proceeding: Charges Against Lieutenant Colonel for Impeding an Investigation (0011-04-CID469-79630)
- Rights Waiver Certificates: (0011-04-CID469-79630)
- Army Memo re: Reprimand for Obstruction of Justice (0011-04-CID469-79630)
- CID Report (Death): 0011-04-CID469-79630
- Article 15 Proceeding: Charges Against Major for Impeding an Investigation (0011-04-CID469-79630)
- CID Report (Death): 0011-04-CID469-79630