A civilian employee (CE) of the DIA reports in this memo his observation and allegation of violations of the Geneva Convention concerning detainee abuse and the illegal detainment of non-combatants. The CE alleges that he witnessed the mistreatment of a detainee during the initial interrogation after his capture. He states that four or five non-interrogator personnel entered the room and began slapping the detainee while he was attempting to respond to the questioning. The second incident was reported to him (not personally witnessed) were an Iraqi was “slapped around” during an interrogation. The Illegal detention occurred when Coalition forces detained the wife of a suspected Iraqi terrorist, in Tarmiya, Iraq in order to put pressure on the terrorist/husband to surrender. The wife was not accused or suspected in any terrorist activity.
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SUWECT-Memorandum for Record - Report of Violations of The Geneva Conventions and the International Laws of Land Warfare (U).
TO:
I was employed by the Defense
1.-i5+. From Intelligence Agent as an intelligence Officer assigned and under the operational control I have been in the civilian employment of the
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Department of Defense in the capacity of intelligence officer for approximately 14 years. I have received specialized on-the-job-training in HUMINT operations, to include interro • ation. I s ke a • t incidents reported in the document during a meeting with
at a taximeter 12:15 gym. Present at the meetin, were
(U) This statement is in support of the following:
a.
IU) Two counts of violations of The Geneva Convention as it pertains to
detainee abuse.
b.
(U) One count of violations of The Geneva Convention as it pertains to the
illegal detainment of non•combatants.
3. (U) Details:
a.i644141C+(1" count. ref para 2.a.) On or about 11 May 2004, in Baghdad. Iraq. I witnessed the mistreatment of a TF 6.26 detainee during the initial interrogation after his capture. During the interrogation, conducted by a US Army interrogator, four or five non-
interrogator personnel from the Task Force entered the room and began slapping the detainee while he was attempting to respond to the questioning. After approximately 15 minutes. a senior NCO. going by call sign 'XO3' entered the room and asked most of the personnel to leave, to include ALL of the interrogators. I am not aware of what specifically occurred during my absence. officer assigned to the Task Force, was present as well and witness the incident. was observing the interrogation and I was assisting the lead interrogator, A 1" SF Group interrogator also augmenting the unit. I am not aware if this matter has been previously
reported.
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b. " t, ref para 2.a.) During another TF 6.26 operation in Baghdad, a
of the Coalition Provisional Authority's Counterintelligence olfice and two male
PA-CI) was arrested during a raid targeting an al-Oaida facilitator.
family members were detained and moved to the TF 6-26 screening facility.
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and his family members were released and during the initial debriefing of he
reported to TF 6.26 and CPA-CI handlers that he had been 'slapped around' during initial
interrogation at the place of his capture. The matter was reported in an internal TF
rt to the B Squadron commander by the DIA handling officer.
MO/.
c.—teftf4r+(Ref pate 2.b.) On 9 May 2004, TF 6.26 personnel detained the wife of
a suspected Iraqi terrorist, in Tarmiya, Iraq. The 28-year-old woman had three young
children at the house, one being as young as six months and still nursing. Her husband
was the primary target of the raid, with other suspect personnel subject to detainment as
well. The house belonged to the primary target's in-laws, and it was believed his wife
and children would be there as well. During the pre-operation brief it was recommended
by TF personnel that if the wife were present, she be detained and held in order to
leverage the primary target's surrender. I objected to the detainment of the young mother
to the raid team leader, 'X03". I believed it was a dead issue, since I would be on-target
and responsible for screening the occupants of the house for suspects to detain. During
my initial screening of the occupants at the target house, I determined that the wife could
nrovide no actionable intelligence leading to the arrest her husband. Despite my protest,
raid team leader detained her anyway. I concurred with the arrest of one of her
.wrothers, who had been identified as likely having knowledge of the primary target's
location. I reported the incident to the HUMINT support element operations officer, IN (13)(3)
as I understand it, the matter was in turn reported to the Task Force HO.
!!!!Pnately two day later, the wife and her brother were released into the custody ol
their tribal sheikh.
4. IU) Concluding statement: The tactical interrogation report is a record of the
interrogation and is more often then not the only written record forwarded with the
detainees as they are moved through the detention system from screening facilities to
final detention centers. Since those interrogation reports. as a matter of record, contain
the names ol the interrogators, any mistreatment of detainees, whether in the presence of
the interrogator or not, reflects adversely and directly on the interrogator named in the
report. This is a liability to the DHS collector and the DIA. It is my recommendation that
any direct interrogation support to a DoD element by DHS be supported with an MOU
clearly defining DoD interrogation and dela'
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