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CID Report (Death): 0044-2006-CID469-75424-5H1P; Three (3) Unknown Iraqi Men; Samarra, Iraq, September 23, 2003 ("Homicide")
Aug. 4, 2006 | CID | ACLU-RDI 5516
This is a CID investigation into the death of Three (3) unknown Iraqi detainees supposedly killed by being deliberately run over by US forces as an act of Murder. The investigation did not find any evidence to substantiate the claim. It is claimed that US forces captured Iraqi men in the city of Samarra, Iraq on September 23, 2003, and caused three (3) men, who were in custody & Flex-cuffed, to lay down in the middle of the street and deliberately killed them by running over them with a vehicle. The investigator interviewed local citizens, the local police, the Mayor of Samarra and other city officials as well as soldiers in the vicinity, none could corroborate the accusation. The investigation concluded the event did not happen.