These documents are Rights Waiver Certificates executed by three (3) soldiers involved in an incident at the Samarra Bridge over the Tigris River in Samarra, Iraq on January 3, 2004. The soldiers were part of of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. They participated in throwing an Iraqi civilian, Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil, off the bridge and he subsequently drowned in the Tigris River. These Rights waiver Certificates is an acknowledgment and waiving of certain rights available to the soldiers under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
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