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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I arrived in Abu Ghraib on 20 August 2003 and was assigned to th 229th MP ry d eaction capability inside
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the Detention Facility Internal Reaction Force (IRF). Our sections
core mission was to provide
the facility related to the detainees (security, riot control). For the first few months the IRF also provided security and
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transferred detainees for interrogations. This ceased circa circa MI.
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and security. Before this mission transfer I had an encounter with. response. The IRON were; h rst to •
for the MI Interrogation Rules of Engagement rules of engagement were that MPs would be
atmy.
on the walls of the Interrogation Center. 1 tol. would not stand by if abuse or assaults were observe
soldiers and second to protect deta .
responded that .1 was not a team player and my team subsequently had little interaction with MI. Initially my se ion to of approximately ten personnel and we grew to about 15 by my departure on 29 March 2004. We had five canine teams
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assigned to the IRF, three Navy and two Army. T se teams had initially been requested for Abu Ghraib by" the ir s. I
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was controversy
November 2003.
Intelligence; however, upon. t the dogs be attached to the IRF and it was ultimately decided this w ould
recommended to my BN X. a force multiplier to support MP detention operations. The understanding was
good mix. The dogs were e.. ' sionsrior t calls to
their priority for support would be to the IRF with assistance to MI as a secondary mission. f c
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December 2003 were in Camp Vigilant and Camp Ganci to conduct searche .
Under my direct supervision were the three Navy dog team . They
• • with my MPs and answered directly to ...
rt to MI. Myi S3. 320th MP BN, billeted separately, and provided virtually all the suppo
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MI on one occasion. The day of the riot in Camp Ganci (I believe 24 November, about
section only pro • • • • • : ... IP•
days after the dog teams' arrival at Abu Ghraib) my teams were called to tier IA to conduct a search for weapons. There had
handcuffed their cell doors. As we a report that an inmate had a hand grenade. When we got to IA the detainees were all ed. During this search
to
been . . . ,. , n re.
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searched each cell they were un-cuffed one at a time, moved away, e always deployed an of the cell block and I sen.
MI asked for a dog team on th * •.is:R,t 1p" and to go into a cell
MP with the dog team. Whe•T;.,., eturned he told me that MI .... . • im o gc
g bit a female interrogator who was present. I am not sure if his with a detainee. He co •• • • .1.•inta,v A. during thi.old me he had been very uncomfortable with the MI (not further dog bit the detainee but., ould know..to do so again. Generally all requests for our dogs
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identified) request to pla di. d requested he come back to Tier 1A again and
• d through me; however, later that evening Ml contacte•
.dog teams from MI but was very clear with my efused. Following this incident I continued to receive re
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engagement and the requests completely "dried up" a few weeks later. Any requests were routed from Ml through our ...
TOC. We did return to Tier IA on occasion to support initial or final movement of detainees into or out of 1A but did not
support MI interrogations. Other than on one occasion I never observed Ml or MP abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib. That
The QRF had detained a vehicle with an Iraqi male and female occupant and brought
incident was circa 23 September 2003.
them to the gate. My entire IRF team and an MI interrogation team were summoned to the gate to take custody of the Iraqis. soldier chocking and beating a detainee. We intervened and directed the abuse stop. The MI When we arrived I observed an Ml as d
situation. He w told if it did not stop we would etain soldier told us he was a trained professional and to let him handle the. • his name and the names of two soldiers w.ith him which
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him. He dragged the detainee to a vehicle and threw• th entire IRF wrote sta m
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he would not provide. Within 20 minutes of this incident )v .320th S3, also contacted the
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which we forwarded through the 320th MP BN to the 800 d told us he would handle the M1 BN to report the incident. Shortly thereafter
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205th . rt . ould not provide them. On 20 January 2004.1 followed
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situation. We again asked for the names of the so lets
SJA that it had been referred to CID who turned it back over to our report and was told by theup on what had happened with
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