Defense Department Documents
(released by the government 1/31/2005, released by the ACLU 2/16/05)

Record
Date of
Record
M/D/Y
Agency
Record Description
CID Report of Investigation
9/25/2004
 CID
Investigation into allegations by local Iraqis that they were punched in the head and stomach in the back of a U.S.army vehicle after being taken from their house in the middle of the night. The investigation established "insufficient evidence to prove or disprove" the allegation of abuse.
CID Report of Investigation
10/25/04
 CID
Investigation into allegations by senior Psyops officers in Afghanistan who witnessed indiscriminate assaults by Special Forces on villagers during raids in Gurjay and Sukhagen. Abuses included hitting and kicking villagers in the head, chest, back and stomach, and threatening to shoot villagers. Investigation failed to prove or disprove allegations and was terminated because victim and other villagers could not be interviewed due to location in high threat combat area and status as Anti-Coalition Combatants. The report indicated that the investigation should be re-opened when the high threat level was lowered.
CID Report of Investigation
9/24/04
 CID
Investigation found probable cause to believe that two U.S. soldiers committed the offense of assault when they punched and kicked a local detainee whom they picked up at a roadblock and transported him to an Iraqi prison. A sergeant took pictures and a videoclip of part of the abuse. The soldiers watched Iraqi police abuse the detainee at the prison, including kicking him in the ribs, before they left him there. A commander's report was pending in September 2004, and no punishment was recorded in the file.
CID Report of Investigation Part 1, Part 2
10/15/04
 CID
Iraqi detainee stated that he was taken from his cell to another location by plain-clothed Americans who beat him in the head and stomach, dislocated his arms and "stepped on the detainee's nose" and broke it, while demanding he admit to having committed crimes. He claimed that one of the soldiers later beat his leg with a baseball bat. Medical reports in the file confirm that the detainee had a broken nose, fractured leg and scars on his stomach. Soldiers confirmed that TF 20 interrogators questioned the detainee, and wore plain clothes. Although the case was initially closed, it was reopened based on an indication that the detainee's initial reticence to make a formal complaint was due to threats by U.S. soldiers. The investigation was closed after it "failed to prove or disprove" the offenses.
CID Report of Investigation
10/15/04
 CID

Investigation concluded probable cause to believe detainee died naturally as result of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Detainee Camp Chief who was interviewed stated that Mr Al Razak suddenly turned blue and fell over in his tent, whereupon he brought Mr Al Razak to the front gate where he received medical attention and was taken to hospital. He had returned from hospital 2 days earlier with heart medication. Medic stated that CPR was administered at the gate, but he was dead on arrival at hospital. Preliminary autopsy recorded death as natural.

CID Report of Investigation
11/17/04
 CID
Investigation into allegations by Iraqi detinee that interrogators hand- and leg-cuffed him to the floor and pushed him over, causing servere pain and nerve bruising in his wrist. Investigation concluded "insufficient evidence to prove or disprove" the allegation of abuse.
CID Report of Investigation
11/03/04
 CID
Preliminary investigation revealed that U.S. forces had kicked a detainee in the legs and back while he was blindfolded and handcuffed so tightly that he received permanent nerve damage in his wrist. Investigation concluded that there was no evidence to prove the allegations.
CID Report of Investigation, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
08/25/04
 CID

Investigation initiated following discovery of a CD during an office clean-up in Afghanistan, containing numerous pictures of American soldiers posing with pistols and M-4 rifles pointed at the heads and backs of hooded and bound detainees. The photographs were taken by a number of soldiers from the Second Platoon of the 22nd Infantry Battalion while stationed at Fire Base Tycze, Dae Rah Wod.

Numerous soldiers admitted to posing in the pictures and taking and downloading the photographs as "mementos" of their time in Afghanistan. The investigation found probable cause to believe that eight soldiers committed the offense of Dereliction of Duty, but not the more serious charge of Aggravated Assault. Most of the soldiers interviewed stated that they were not aware of any set policy on the treatment of detainees, and did not realize at the time that their actions were wrong. A sergeant stated that he had also seen pictures on Army computers of detainees being kicked, hit or inhumanely treated while in U.S. custody.

The photographs also included pictures of soldiers "PUC'ing" (Person Under Control) each other, a platoon ritual in which soldiers would be bound and hooded like detainees by other platoon members, and have water thrown on them.