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Fay Report Annex: DOD Interview re: Conditions at Abu Ghraib Detention Facility

May 27, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 706
Interviewee arrived to AG on August 20, 2003 (left March 29, 2004) as the NCOIC of the Detention Facility Internal Reaction Force (core responsibility was riot control). Recalled that dogs-canine teams arrived at the camp after the riot in Camp Ganci. Stated that "[g]enerally all requests for our dogs were routed through me." In one incident a dog bit a female interrogator, the interviewee is unsure if the dog also bit a prisoner. On September 23, 2003, the interviewee observed an MI soldier choking and beating a detainee. The interviewee and their team intervened and directed the soldier to stop. The soldier also drug the detainee and threw the detainee into a vehicle. Also recalled another incident where the interviewee heard of a detainee having his face severely beaten.
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INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • 2003-09-23, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee arrived to AG on August 20, 2003 (left March 29, 2004) as the NCOIC of the Detention Facility Internal Reaction Force (core responsibility was riot control). On September 23, 2003 observed an MI soldier choking and beating a detainee. The interviewee and their team intervened and directed the soldier to stop. The soldier also drug the detainee and threw the detainee into a vehicle. Also recalled another incident where the interviewee heard of a detainee having his face severely beaten.
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee arrived to AG on August 20, 2003 (left March 29, 2004) as the NCOIC of the Detention Facility Internal Reaction Force (core responsibility was riot control). Recalled that dogs-canine teams arrived at the camp after the riot in Camp Ganci. Stated that "[g]enerally all requests for our dogs were routed through me." In one incident a dog bit a female interrogator, the interviewee is unsure if the dog also bit a prisoner.