Fay Report Annex: Statement of Sergeant First Class re: Conditions and Detainee Handling at Abu Ghraib Prison

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Sworn statement of a Sergeant First Class (SFC) who arrived to Abu Ghraib prison in December 2003. The SFC recalled seeing a sign regarding the stripping down of a detainee and his cell for security purposes. The SFC inquired and the orders were countermanded due to the instructions being in contravention to proper detainee handling procedures, and the detainee was restored his clothing and cell accouterments. the SFC then identified several other soldiers from photos of detainee abuse.

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Interview
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Saturday, June 12, 2004
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Wednesday, March 2, 2005
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SWORN STATEMENT
For use of this form, see AR 190-45: th rncy is ODCSOPS FILE NUMBER
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LOCATION
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Building B30, Camp Victory, Iraq
GRADE/STATUS
SOCIAL SECU BERMIDDLE NAME

SFC, USA
ORGANIZATION OR ADDRESS
372nd Military Police, Camp Victory, Iraq
, WANT TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT UNDER OATH:

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Id me that the white board in Teir 1. Baghdad Central Correctionsan unrecalled date in December 2003 per MI.' This meant thatnd an unrecalled detainees ISN: "Strip cellFacility had a the following hand written statemen
everything was out of the cell and the detainee was either naked or clothed only in underwear. I do not recall it he was naked •
this was right given the recent International Red Cross visit. I told her I did not
or dressed only in underwear. She • ed m . 1 .
a MI Warrant Officer assigned at the prison. He told me it should not be know but subsequently checked wi ling, needed to be returned to the detainees cell. I reviewed several photographshappening and that everything, to int: ti e c o
individuals
of the alleged detainee abuse at Baghdad Central Correctio Facility, Iraq and was able to ide the 372nd Military Police: Photograph labeled
depicts
a h Photo ra h labe e

milon the right of the o t.tanding to the left of the
Photograph labeie 57 Air er,,eNr ----//etainee. Q: Do you have anything to add to this statement. A: F•
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AFFIDAVIT
HAVE READ OR HAVE HAD READ TO ME THIS STATEMENT WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE 1 AND ENDS ON PAGE
LILLY UNDERSTAND THE CONTENTS OF THE ENTIRE STATEMENT MADE BY ME. THE STATEMENT IS TRUE. 1 HAVE INITIALED ALL CORRECTIONS AND HAVE INITIALED THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE CONTAINING THE STATEMENT I HAVE MADE THIS STATEMENT FREELY WITHOUT HOPE OF BENEFIT OR REWARD, WITHOUT THREAT OF PUNISHMENT. AND WITHOUT COERCION. UNLAWFUL INFLUE
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(Signature of Person Making Statement)
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a person authorized by law to
WITNESSES:
administer oaths, this 12th clay of June , 19• 04
a B30, Came Victory. Iraq
ORGANIZATION OR ADDRESS
me of Person Administering Oath)
UCMJ, Article 136
(Atithonty To Administer Oaths)
ORGANIZATION OR ADDRESS
INITIALS OF PERSON MAKING STATEMENT
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