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. I ha-ve' also been advised that
. E!I have the right to u:main sii~t and roak~ 'n<.> statement at ali; . 1:
. Any si.:rtement l mllkA c•.n lv- •t~d -.gdn:Gt.·m~ in a' r;ial ,by cciutt-martial-o other
. a ra:tive.procef.ld;M. · · · . . · · '. D) """1:1) • • • 1 have the right to consult with alawy11f prio~;to fillY qnestiorung.'. This Ia':fJer may be a
.;c Btnawoye r retained by me at no cost to the Unite'~ S~s, a milita.IY lawyer appointed to act ai; mv cost to me. or both: . . . . ._ . ~ . : r.f !1::,!he right to have my retained lawyer and/or appdinted military law+ ore""''t ,.j,,,.:~~
. may t$nuiJ;Iate this interview at :ony J.ime, for.any · .I tm~erstand n1y rlght5.as related lC1J1l.0 and ~·set'f~ above. V{iin that undd..staliaing, i have
·,decided that 1 d!) no_t d~i~ to l'elllliin ~~~~ ~orunlt With a retained or app.oiltted !a~, or have a ·
·lawyer present .a.t thiS tune. I make this declB!on .fredy an;.! vok'll.tra'{br. -Nv' ot tpro~uJses nave
bem~ !llatie to me. · ~ ·
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' s·~~ r~~~~,ilL~i;;!:~~~tQ~ · •! oxrended. I fully uuderstand that this statement is given con.cernillg m.y Kn.owledge cf !llJ,egations of
mistreatment of Mandai .v\L JAMADI while in fu~ custody ofFoxtrofPiatoon, S~ Team Revo
I > ( k iden,flcation ptttposes ram a white !llale, r.' . ollnds. I ~as ?~min .
; o~ IM y social secun~·ty~num~~·be r~'':.it'i_. __J ::In=tentruwl.=,L,..,i
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l_P!ove.mber 200:3 I ;v:as assign~d to~ ~Es\,L T~ Se'l~, ~dJ,~ C?.roman~etc:f:Jio~tr\!lt·:PI?toon• · .
. : stationed h Br~.:fu,J; :J:~-:,. ;J"'wg uus ll.llle I was asSlgncd vano1.1S direct aouon m11lstons which had
· ·. tl)e.goal of.cap\'llrillg ltigh yalue i:l)etny personnel. . M . ed~o·rn~~~~berofottttea~- -· - _ .
; .On an. ~veruh!J m:early November:;J., ' m7.,..re"'e;"'tve=-;;a"'ta;;;s,-;;kin=g ~
meludingthe name a.ucl location ofih~ w-ger, ALJA.MADl, with tbe illstruct!ons to
"'~"'agh"'"." dad~"e' o~"'.t"'arrbou'dt~2:J~ssu:ed::an~amm.g~:h""e o:~;e~ ~ :feli~~~;t{ ~~:~=~~~~t!e~ out .ft~m
; headquartersf : jExplosiv.~ ~oo.ce Disposal (EOD)~;sonn.el, !!Iii I
·. ao,d represenlauves trom <:sa: we="" travee="" m="" s="" vehicles="" fot="" usn="" troq="" hmtiwy=""> I L I
c;:;?ecln'ived a.t the Fo~d Operating Base (FOB) i~cat~ io-J.s: miles Sou1b ofBa~ad at abou-t
. . 0100, aod remai!led there to pedonn final deCQnflietin wli:h the Al;ltly ~ . to sta.xt the .r:akl, aud arrived in the area oftb.e ~~~ at0200. w~. s;:pilrated from tb:e liiROM- a\lout 4
m,intiies frQ'lll the target They secured a1;1 intwse<:1i91 :="" targ="" ia="" tb="" while=""> wo continued on the mission. As we approaclied 1heitaiget !~cognized the tllree s! , building and the velticles dropped .. offthe assault team ip front of the building. I reoa/1 we had about20
. people for the. rzrissfo.tt which wa"( morA th~n n(\m't~1·~.·~~ !:~ ::!.~:!~ ~:; :..:;.,:,~~.;, ~a.l.~R~~A!S vn U.t steps. I recall we needed. Night Vir1ggles on the steps but tM hallways were m'wnated better.
We were briefed there would ~e ~rs with the:t~get on .the right,lnstead we i'Jund three doors
with one it\ the middle and. one O/l each ~de. I elect~ to make entry on the right do SEALS. Upon entxy 1 reahzed we were tn thewrong.apartmt:nt based on the tloo(plan, and! .
regrouped the platoon to move to~d the middle apartment. Dw:ing this time we de~cd a single
:maLe found in the first apattmaut ll.llti~ I I
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, n the middle apa!'t!nl!:nt was gair\ed byl . : ~ho was placing~ breaching charge
' ' w)ien tho door 'opened_ I was in a. stack fortllatbu uo;u"nuoer SIX or seven. I h~1 the code word .
.. . ! ·... ::p~;;wJMchincliff)ted v{ehati~pte~~~dproceeded·toinyass!~':idit~e af'~t~ire:· i{9 ·· ·
bJ.'e,a.cl:iill!l ~>barge was used. l moved 1n P~:somepeopre 31tll!llll!tig 6ij'tlie.:floor olmy> the far left bedroom .and balcony. I then retumed tq the kitGhen 'area and foun l.--co-v---:----:--~
restraining the target on the floor. J noticed frOm. the Stat~ 'of the kitchen there had , een a e~n.sid:br
struggle. Tho bedroom. was well Jigqted but r needed a.,:flashlight in the kitchen to s~o them.
I Jheld )lp l:he targets head a.nd I.~onflrtlled the identity as JAMADI frJn the de•cn!'t"'" ~
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· Man minutes perfol'llling a cwso.ry ·search oftbe apartment for items .of inte · ce valu. ' then ·prepared to wt. As we left the aparttnent I was separatei:l :fro ut we mo ed in very tight
. foil!lation do'II'Jl'tbe stali$ in the daJ:k, During-the, 1e. g or e.opet'3.tioni speci cally stated,
'TI1ere will not be any 'accid~ down the.:s!airs," and the move to the vehicles was
accomplished without lncidenl__j Q., botto'?' o£tb.e,.!talrs we einbai:ked the vehicles and pr~ceed~d .towards the intelsection where we
left ibe GRqM\mits. The plan. called ferAL JAMA.Dl to be loaded into the tb,h-d flMMWV byll :I \ b1rt l was 110t in a positiou to see this as I W3s,nding in the secolid HMifwv. r no~
· one of the OGA vehicles got t:utned,around dllt'iii3·~ exfi.lttatio.o.a.nd did not 1·eturd with usas
plan.aed. The oth.er four vehicles retjnned.to't4e intersection togetlier. We dismoun{ed briefly an Sj)Oke witlj . . _ b.Pd nlll;de ·a radio transrniMion Dndli . moved otlt ou aseparate.llllssron aecomp,.,wi··h~1 =· = :J. ···~•~ '"'l'e" '" w'oiilt wnile
. the last OGA vehicle caugllt up and then to'haye the. source positively idelltify AL Jf,IMAl)I at the
tterseetion. W • g<.>t ~derw'lr<.t the="" fob="" after="" seven="" .to="" ten="" miilutes="" and="" wa.ite4="" i="" .=""> c::::1e FOB 1 went to the S-6, which was located aroi.!nd a ~orner and Up a flight of sfuus, in order to
· th~ them for Iotmi11g a radio. I was th!!re about 'ten. to Dfteen !IIi:n!ltes aod tb. . where the HMMWVs were parked. I $poke wit~ ~ ft t!J,e .head of the col win of vehicl~s.
tll~n walked around the column towards thetear wbilc fchl;,ked on ~vi>ryn~ ... ~1.~~ :.t~ct:.:::!" giv~ ..,r fii•i$ ill.h~ • ofthe.HMMWV and I notiood s~eraJ people ill the bed. I recall' see· u:uch ona
.figure in the body tmd him saying to me:, "Hey Lt, give this tilrd a knoc . a ect. At
'mel unched one figure on tlio ann. He-was seatedfa$g away from me and *ad a \I
!he:re_MI; no ttsjJQ!ISC from the .fi~
L.7r""er-o"'t''usCCTo:-•t'hUn.o--'I.-;d~o-n-o:-:tr e~cal:-;;1;-:w:;h. c:a=-t :;clc::oth: pic-•ure W4l..:.ill was u;. ;;;n. showeq ine a digital plctuxe which r belle'\re was taken at
that time an~ I i;:"de::n~ti,._fi.,edL_--c;c----cc;o-:c:-:--;-;;-;::-~~:-;-:---;-~---;--.---,-----:---" I · . =lmd ong with myself in t,b.e image.· I ant not sure how , y phot95 were
takerl, but I recall one tak~n in my presence. r ~lieve·the figure in custody in the pi¢ture was AL
JAMDI. and he was the one we struck. I ~d to.hear chatter on my headset and I fted to the five
or six people around me, "Knock this stuff off, get ~dy to go.» I then walked back 1l:l my~
directly in front and we prepared\ to h i .:nq~3
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· C . ltlllit.rctumed and we headed bac~t~ .B~~~d. The return tiip was abor, 2~ to 30 minutes·
.·~dw~~"·'"'.'tfJ. w.,~.i~~iLlt~ouwi.~~oo.Q\ •. · •......•. :.L .J, •·, ., , ..
· .· · • .: ' ·. ,· ,.. · 2Q~~t·~·$.qAJ;;, c¢~¥$~~~ ~~~'i~#)~~~!~~~ ib~: ~~4ds!lbJe¢ra~tht:voi1 · : crouit area lind gathered ,fora :IJUl'Cl\"aeoi'ief.abob.t 109 yards. away at the vehicles. I~~ when AL.
JAMAPI and the second subJe~ W6l:ll dxoppe~pfft:e ~ esconed but walkfd un:.der!heir own
power. to the volley ball CQ\lrt_ At that time I asked ow AL JAMADI ~doing, and he ·
stated, "He has a scratch on his b abrasion :run.ning diagona~ on his back which did not appear to !;>a bleeding. 1 did n&t notice any other
injury. F:tem that point on the . were in OGA ~to9Y.· Du.tingthe debrief we were ioJd by.OGA ·
throu t the secon to retu.til um. · e t en oa icle:; and.Iefu with tile .w:;>nd Sl!.hj~ct within l:en clint in a.hwry as daylight was approachjng and we'didnotwanlto·be targeted by early rAorning
improvised explosive devices on the :roadway. We' left at about~ 15 or 0420. By the time we .
returned ab'out 45 minutes to an hour later,! _I withAL JAMADit:J
[be f{)Jlowing day 1 was' advised· by! ~Ji~ A.L J!;MADLliM ~ioo. · r asl~d how ~d I ·;.."BS
tola he bad a heart attack.· I temembe elling me, "We probably sllould wnte some
slatements to describe what happene about the night befor~ and l dld the same. I did not discuss t.his with the platoon oth than to say to be.
honest about wh,at.happened. r d~d nou~ce.ive acy dlrcQtiqn ·as to wbal to write, and did not discuss
my statement with aJl}'one prior to writing i~ :1ou~.<. all="" t.h="" ell:cer="" for="" miue=""> and /J.e held o.mo theril \llltil we tumed 'them all over to NCIS' ln' l3allr:rln. about one rilpnth later.. I saw
all the statemeuts when we were in Bahraln and I repail tailcing a'bout them in genera1it:ies, but dld not
d.lsctis.s specific contents of any statement with anyone. I did not direct anyone to mlm:te their .·
statement :d I did notedft any of them in any way, nor ami awm of anyone else dbilig so. 1 do
recall [ ~ ~as asked by NC!S in Ba!nain. to write a second statement Ito be more
spectl:ic r~garding the struggle in tl::e kitChen area. I laiow this because an NCIS agei+t told m.e to ha.vc hlm rewrite it. o ·
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Q re~ard I() ~ il)cide;J.t .. ~ beJiev~ the.re,~~ a.l';\omental).' lap$e ofjudgritent oyky fueil an~ tnyse!f
· · in slrikihg out detainee. Thls was JJqt ~.pr~rnedl!il.fed.~ton my patt,·M.d! did ttodb'$eWi:'IWY · :
· 4-aatll:lenHh'atwoi.i!&.liave ~$uiiedinllfs·death; I'!l)n Willing to submit to a polnrabh examination to
. ve:rit'y this account. In rell'Osp~t, allowing·myphotogcaph to be-taken with the priSoner was probably
an error in judgment, but at the time it ~~nplace. As com.man.der I unda~and l tim
· o:ibleforthe actions o:ftheplatoont___r · . ! . ·
· te.tnent, consistin~ of this page and 1 other. P,3lle(S~ was typed for me by~ las
' .w discussed its conte!lts .. I have read irnd understai:!cl tjie above statement r have ~n given the
Opportunity to make any changes Or correctiom l desire to make· and have placed m I initials over 'the
changes or corrections. This statement is the trutb, fo the best ofm kuow!ed"e an.d e!le:f. ~
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