Army CID Record of Investigation (4/6/05-5/1/04)
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The role of Task Force (TF) 6-26'
I am looking at a number of files that are part of Army CID, Navy CIS and Army Compensation Claims.
Below is a brief description of the first file.
Record: Army CID Record of Investigation Date of Incident (M/D/Y): 4/6/05 - 5/1/04
Incident Location: Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) Temporary Holding Facility
Record Description:
Investigation initiated after an Interrogator associated with the 22nd MP Battalion reported that he knew of abuse that had occurred at the Temporary Holding Facility at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The interrogator said that "he was reporting this conduct because he felt the actions were inhumane even though every harsh interrogation was approved by the J2 of the TF [Task Force 6-26] and the medical personnel prior to its execution" (9119). The abuse included sleep deprivation, 20-hour interrogation sessions, and a guard's providing a prisoner with urine to drink. The CID investigation appears to have been terminated because "the subject of this investigation is a member of TF 6-26 and the Special Agent in Charge, SOTF [Security Operations Training Facility], has accepted investigative jurisdiction in this matter" (9118). SOTF's case number is 0016-04-CID343. (The SOTF file is posted below.) [emphasis added]
Is there any way to find out what happened to this case once it ended up in SOTF's hands?
It is clear that SOTF (Security Operations Training Facility) at Fort Bragg, and in particular a few specific Task Force (TF) groups there, are deeply implicated in torture, and probably its coverup. In the file above, an Army CID (Criminal Investigation Division) investigation of an incident of torture at the Baghdad International Airport in May of 2004 was passed off from CID to SOTF because the person under investigation was part of TF 6-26. It would appear, then, that Special Forces personnel suspected of torture ended up being investigated by Special Forces personnel.
In any event, the termination of the investigation fits a pattern of covering up abuses committed by several Task Forces, including TF 6-26. For example, see the ACLU story Newly Released Investigative Files Provide Further Evidence Soldiers Not Held Accountable for Abuse, January 24, 2005. Here is an excerpt:
Many of the documents released today implicate Special Forces, including Task Force 6-26 and Task Force 20, in cases of abuse. In one instance involving TF 20, an elderly Iraqi woman reported having been sodomized with a stick, but an investigation into the allegation was closed on the basis of a "sanitized copy of the unit 15-6 investigation," which has not been released. In another case involving Special Forces Group ODA 343, investigators found that there was probable cause to believe that three members of the group had committed the offenses of murder and conspiracy and that a commander was an accessory after the fact. However, no action was taken against the commander or two of the soldiers. The remaining soldier received only a written reprimand.
