After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.

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This is a CID investigation into the death of Hasan Abrahemy, a detainee at the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq on September 20, 2004. It is reported that Mr. Abrahemy was in Camp Redemption when he was ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Investigative File (CID), Notes, Photograph, Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate), Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Hasan Abrahemy
Physical assault
This is a CID investigation in to the death of Ajimi Berra Al Khattab, a former Major General in Command of Iraq's 6th Armored Division, Basara, Iraq; former Commander of Iraq's III Corps; High ranking Baa'th Party Member; and part of Saddam ...
Jan. 14, 2011
Chart/List, Investigative File (CID), Medical (Death Certificate), Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Ajimi Berra Al Khattab
Autopsy Report, Riadh Mohammed Abd Al Razak, Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq who collapsed while speaking to other detainees while in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib prison. Cause of death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Manner of death: Natural. ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Riadh Mohammed Abd Al Razak

Autopsy Report of an unidentified Iraqi male shot in a firefight and lived to be transported to a U.S. hospital where he underwent multiple surgeries but died due to complications of his wounds. Cause of Death: Gunshot wound to the abdomen; ...

Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
General, Physical assault
Autopy no: ME04-434; Fawaz Badaa Najem, a 42 year old male Iraqi civilian, was in US custody at Abu Ghraib. Be began making gasping sounds which awoke another detainee. The decedent was found to be unresponsive and pulseless. Resuscitation ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Fawaz Badaa Najem
Physical assault

Autopsy report, preliminary autopsy report, trauma record, death certificate, and hospital report of death relating to the death of Husham Nafit Ghafar. The cause of his death was a shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances surrounding ...

Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Husham Nafit Ghafar
Autopsy report, preliminary autopsy report, trauma record, death certificate, and hospital report of death relating to the death of Fras Moazahim Habib. The cause of his death was a shotgun wound to the chest. Additional shotgun wound paths ...
Apr. 18, 2005
Medical (Autopsy, Death Certificate)
Fras Moazahim Habib
Physical assault, General