Since 2003, the ACLU filed several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for records relating to the abuse and torture of prisoners in U.S. detention centers overseas. While many documents have been released, many vital records are still being withheld.
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November 2009
11/6/2009 - ACLU Obtains More Documents Related to Bush Torture Program
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October 2009
10/30/2009 - ACLU Obtains More Documents Related to Bush Torture Program
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August 2009
8/24/2009 - ACLU Obtains Detailed Official Record Of CIA Torture Program
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June 2009
6/15/2009 - ACLU Obtains Still-Heavily Redacted Guantánamo Tribunal Transcripts of Detainees Describing Torture and Abuse Suffered in CIA Custody
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April 2009
4/16/2009 - ACLU Obtains 4 OLC Memos Authorizing CIA Torture Methods
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March 2009
3/6/2009 - CIA Documents State that 12 of 92 Destroyed Videotapes Depicted Use of "Enhanced Interrogation Methods"
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March 2009
3/2/2009 - CIA Informs ACLU That Its Personnel Destroyed 92 Interrogation Videotapes
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March 2009
3/2/2009 - DOJ Releases 9 Memos Written by the Office of Legal Counsel, Including a Memo Contending That the Fourth Amendment Does not Apply to Military Operations Inside the U.S.
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February 2009
2/12/2009 - Deaths at Bagram Followed Abusive Behavior During and Following Interrogation
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November 2008
11/19/2008 - Documents Obtained By ACLU Provide Further Evidence That Abuse Of Iraqi Prisoners Was Systemic
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July 2008
7/24/2008 - ACLU Obtains Key Memos Authorizing CIA Torture Methods
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May 2008
5/27/2008 - ACLU Obtains Heavily Redacted CIA Documents Regarding Waterboarding
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May 2008
5/20/2008 - Justice Department Report Reveals Senior Government Officials Knew Early On Of Interrogation Abuse But Did Not Stop It
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May 2008
5/14/2008 - ACLU Obtains Defense Department Documents About Prisoner Deaths And Interrogations
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April 2008
4/30/2008 - Newly Unredacted Report Confirms Psychologists Supported Illegal Interrogations In Iraq and Afghanistan
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April 2008
4/16/2008 - Documents Obtained By ACLU Describe Charges Of Murder And Torture Of Prisoners In U.S. Custody
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April 2008
4/2/2008 - Bush Administration Memo Says Fourth Amendment Does Not Apply To Military Operations Within U.S.
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April 2008
4/1/2008 - ACLU Obtains declassified OLC memo authored by John Yoo asserting that President Bush has unlimited power to order brutal interrogations to extract information from detainees.
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August 2007
8/15/2007 - ACLU Obtains New Details of Possible "Cover-Up" of Iraqi Prisoner Abuse
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January 2007
1/10/2007 - CIA declaration purporting to explain why it cannot publicly disclose August 1, 2002 OLC interrogation techniques memo and President Bush directive regarding CIA overseas detention facilities.
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1/10/2007 - DOD declarations purporting to explain why it cannot publicly disclose numerous documents relating to prisoner abuse.
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1/2/2007 - Documents obtained from the FBI detail 26 eyewitness accounts by agents of detainee abuse, 17 of which the Bureau apparently chose not to investigate further.
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November 2006
11/14/2006 - CIA Finally Acknowledges Existence of Presidential Order on Detention Facilities Abroad
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July 2006
7/3/2006 - Pentagon Releases Whitewash Report on Detainee Abuse
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July 2006
7/10/2006 - Department of Defense documents show Pentagon silence led to prisoner abuses
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June 2006
6/15/2006 - Department of Defense documents show suicide attempts in Guantanamo in 2002; Formica report; Jacoby report
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May 2006
5/2/2006 - Army Documents Show Senior Official Reportedly Pushed Limits on Detainee Interrogations; New Evidence that Government Knew Abuse was Widespread Before Abu Ghraib Photos
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April 2006
4/11/2006 - ACLU Releases First Government Authentication of Abu Ghraib Abuse Images Along With One New Photo
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February 2006
2/23/2006 - Further Evidence Senior Officials Approved Abuse of Prisoners: FBI memo details Guantnamo commander's repeated refusal to abandon illegal and ineffective interrogation techniques
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January 2006
1/12/2006 - Documents show that the Army received reports of detainee abuse as early as January 2002
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November 2005
11/9/2005 - Documents released by the Department of Justice Executive Office of US Attorneys
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October 2005
10/24/2005 - Autopsies and Death reports reveal deaths of detainees in U.S. custody
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September 2005
9/15/2005 - Army documents show systemic failures in treatment of detainees; contradict report of Inspector General Mikolashek
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Autopsy reports reveal homicides of detainees in U.S. custody
"Autopsy reports reveal homicides of detainees in U.S. custody
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Document Number Title of Record Description of Record Date of Death Autopsy Number Place of Death Cause of Death Manner of Death
DOD 003128 - DOD 003133; DOD003315 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Other Detainees brought Iraqi male detainee to gate. He had apparently complained of chest pain during his detention. He appeared to have been dead for some time. Cause of Death: Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Manner of death: Natural. Abrasions on right knee and left ankle. Blockages in blood vessels supplying blodd to the heart and base of brain. No significant injuries. 8/11/2003 03-366 Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD 003140 - DOD 003145; DOD003317 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Prisoner died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Significant findings of the autopsy included an enlarged heart and significant narrowing of one of the arteries supplying blood to the heart. The lungs, liver and spleen were congested most likely due to inadequate pumping of the heart. An unrelated finding was a benign blood vessel tumor in the liver that did not contribute to the death. No internal or external trauma. DOD 003326 refers to case with notation 'Taken to medics gasping for air.' 8/20/2003 03-369 Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD 003146 - DOD003155; DOD003299 Final Examination of Postmortem Examination; Death Certificate Multiple blunt force injuries. Abrasion in upper right forehead. Abrasion on right lower forehead above eyebrow. Multiple contusions on right cheek and lower nose, left upper forehead, back of head. Abrasions on chest, lower costal margin. Contusions on arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, upper inner arm, groin, inner thigh, right back of knee and calf, left calf, left lower leg. Cause of death was pulmonary embolism due to blunt force injuries. 12/3/2002 A02-093 Bagram Collection Point Pulmonary embolism due to blunt force injuries Homicide
DOD003156 - DOD 003163; DOD 003296 - 003297 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Detainee was found unresponsive restrained in his cell. Death was due to blunt force injuries to lower extremities complicating coronary artery disease.Contusions and abrasions on forehead, nose, head, behind ear, neck, abdomen, buttock, elbow, thigh, knee, foot, toe, hemorrhage on rib area and leg. Detainee died of blunt force injuries to lower extremities, complicating underlying coronary artery disease. The blunt force injuries to the legs resulted in extensive muscle damage, muscle necrosis and rhabomyolysis. Electrolyte disturbances primarily hyperkalemia (elevated blood potassium level) and metabolic acidosis can occur within hours of muscle damage. Massive sodium and water shifts occur, resulting in hypovolemic shock and casodilatation and later, acute renal failure. The decedent's underlying coronary artery disease would compromise his ability to tolerate the electrolyte and fluid abnormalities, and his underlying malnutrition and likely dehydration would further exacerbate the effects of the muscle damage. The manner of death is homicide. 12/10/2002 A02-95 (Landstuhl R.M.C. Autopsy Number) AFIP number: 285913 Bagram Collection Point Blunt force injuries to lower extremities complicating coronary artery disease. Homicide
DOD003164 - DOD003170; DOD 003301 Final Autopsy Report (Addendum); Death Certificate Died as a result of asphyxia (lack of oxygen to the brain) due to strangulation as evidenced by the recently fractured hyoid bone in the neck and soft tissue hemorrhage extending downward to the level of the right thyroid cartilage. Autopsy reveleaved bone fracture, rib fractures, contusions in mid abdomen, back and buttocks extending to the left flank, abrasions, lateral buttocks. Contusions, back of legs and knees; abrasions on knees, left fingers and encircling to left wrist. Lacerations and superficial cuts, right 4th and 5th fingers. Also, blunt force injuries, predominatnly recent contusions (bruises) on the torso and lower extremities. Abrasions on left wrist are consistent with use of restraints. No evidence of defense injuries or natural disease. Manner of death is homicide. DOD 003329 refers to this case as 'strangulation, found outside isolation unit.' 6/6/2003 A03-51 Whitehorse Detainment Facility, Nasiriyah, Iraq Strangulation Homicide
DOD003171 - DOD3177; DOD003298 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Death caused by the multiple blunt force injuries of the lower torso and legs complicated by rhabdommyolisis (release of toxic byproducs into the system due to destruction of muscle). Manner of death is homicide. Decedent was not under the pharmacologic effect of drugs or alcohol at the time of death. 11/6/2003 A03-144 Helmand Prov, Afghanistan Multiple blunt force injuries complicated by rhabdomyolisis Homicide
DOD 003178 - 003182; 003312 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Autopsy showed that detainee had pulmonary tuberculosis. Found in the detention center with a large amount of blood emering from the nose and mouth. Cause of Death: Massive Hemoptysis (bleeding into the tracheobronchial tree) due to Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Manner of Death: Natural. No evidence of significant trauma. 7/12/2003 AFME 03-349B EPW Camp, Baghdad International Airport Massive hemoptysis due to cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis Natural
DOD003183 - DOD003191; DOD003306 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Cause of death: Closed head injury with a cortical brain contusion and subdural hematoma. Manner of Death: Homicide. Iraqi male civilian detainee died in US custody 12 hours after a reported escape attempt. Physical force was required to subdue the detainee, and during the restraining process, his forehead hit the ground. Closed head injury: subarachnoid hemorrhage over brain, cortical brain contusion, right subdural hematoma. Additional injuries: fractured rib, multiple contusions and abrasions to head, torso and extremities. Abrasions on wrists and ankles consistent with restraint. Hemorrhage of right muscle of neck. No evidence of natural disease. DOD 003329 refers to this case as '1 closed head injury - died 12 hours after escape attempt.' 6/13/2003 ME03-273 Abu Ghraib Close head injury with a cortical brain contusion and subdural hematoma Homicide
DOD003192 - DOD 003197; DOD003308 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate 'Enemy Prisoner of War' in US custody. Prisoner died of heat stroke. The clinical presentation of an axillary temperature of 102 degrees, dehydration, hypoxia and obtundation, along with non-specific autopsy findings and lack of significant natural disease or trauma are supportive of heat stroke. Temperatures in the area were reported to be greater than 110 degrees. No significant internal or external trauma was noted. 8/22/2003 ME 03-367 (EPW #2) Iraq Heat related Accident
DOD003198 - DOD 003203; DOD003316 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Cause of death: Arterioscloerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Manner of Death: Natural. No external or internal trauma was noted. Autopsy found narrowing of the blood vessels supplying blood to the heart and enlargement of the heart. 8/13/2003 ME 03-368 (EWP 3) Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003204 - DOD 003207; DOD003313 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 'Enemy prisoner of war' detainee at Biap prison who was being transported in a bus when he became short of breath, hypotensive and tachycardic. A medic administered an IV, which briefly improved his symptoms but he soon arrested. Cause of Death: Undetermined atraumatic cause; Manner of Death: Natural. 8/7/2003 ME 03-385; AFIP number 2892215 Diwania, Iraq Undetermined atraumatic cause Natural
DOD003208 - DOD 003211; DOD003314 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Other prisoners brought detainee forward to the prison gate complaining of chest pain. He reportedly participated in a fast that day. Detainee has a history of diabetes. A physician arrived 30 minutes after patient was brought to gate. By this time pupils were fixed and dilated and the decedent remained pulseless throughout resuscitation attempts. Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease complicated by diabetes. Manner of Death: Natural. DOD 003326 refers to case with notation 'Chest pain following a fast.' 8/8/2003 ME 03-386 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease complicated by diabetes Natural
DOD 003212 - DOD003219; DOD 003304 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Iraqi National male was captured by Navy Seal Team #7 and resisted aprehension. External injuries including multiple contusions are consistent with injuries sustained during apprehension. Fractures of the ribs and a contusion of the left lung imply significant blunt force injuries of the thorax and likely resulted in impaired respiration. Ligature marks of the wrists and ankles. Remote gunshot would of torso. No significant natural diseases identified. According to investigating agents, during interrogation of the detainee, a hood made of synthetic material was placed over the head and neck of the detainee. He died while detained at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Cause of death: Blunt force injuries complicated by compromised respiration. Manner of Death: Homicide. DOD 003329 refers to this case as '1 blunt force trauma and choking; died during interrogation.' DOD 003325 refers to this case with the notation 'Q[uestioned] by OGA [Other Governmental Agency - non-military, often refers to the CIA] and NSWT [Navy Seals] died during interrogation.' ME 03-504 Abu Ghraib Blunt Force Injuries Complicated by Compromised Respiration Homicide
DOD 003220 - DOD 003227; DOD003305 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Male detainee died while in U.S. custody. The details surrounding the circumstances at the time of death are classified. Cause of death: Asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression. Manner of Death: Homicide. Significant findings of the autopsy included rib fractures and numerous bruises, some of which were patterned due to impacts with a blunt object. DOD 003329 refers to this case as '1 blunt force trauma and choking; died during interrogation.' DOD 003325 refers to this case with note 'Q[uestioned] by MI [Military Intelligence], died during interrogation.' 11/26/2003 ME03-571 Al Qaim Asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression Homicide
DOD 003228 - DOD003234; DOD003318 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Detainee, 63 year old Iraqi male, died while in U.S. custody. Cause of death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Resulting in Cardiac Tamponade. Manner of Death: Natural. Autopsy revealed hemopericardium, with a rutpure of the free wall of the left ventricle and focally severe atheosclerisos of the coronary arteries. 1/8/2004 ME04-12; AFIP Number: 2909183 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease resulting in cardiac tamponade Natural
DOD 003235 - DOD 3241; DOD003307 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 47 year old white male detainee died while in US custody. Cause of death: Blunt Force Injuries and Asphyxia; Manner of Death: Homicide. Autopsy revealed deep bruising of the chest wall, numerous displaced rib fractures, bruising on the lungs, hemorrhage into the mesentery of the small and large intestine. Examination of the neck structures revealed hemorrhage into the strap muscles and fractures of the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone. History of asphyxia, secondary to occlusion of the oral airway. Pleural and pulmonary adhesions. Hypertensive cardiovascular disease. According to report provided by the US army CID, the detainee was shackled to the top of a doorframe with a gag in his mouth at the time he lost consciousness and became pulseless. The severe blunt force injuries, the hanging position, and the obstruction of the oral cavity with a gag contributed to this individual's death. DOD 00329 refers to this case as 'gagged in standing restraint' DOD 003329 refers to this case as '1 blunt force trama and choking; gagged in standing restraint.' DOD 003324 refers to this case with a note indicating 'Q[uestioned] by OGA [Other Governmental Agency - non-military, often refers to CIA], gagged in standing restraint.' 1/9/2004 ME04-14; AFIP Number: 2909185 Al Asad, Iraq Blunt force injuries and asphyxia Homicide
DOD 003242 - DOD 003249; DOD003319 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate 25 year old male collapsed while performing morning prayers. Cause of Death: Myocarditis (jnflammation of the heart). Manner of Death: Natural. No evidence of significant trauma. 1/16/2004 ME04-38; AFIP Number: 2914569 Abu Ghraib Myocarditis Natural
DOD 003250 - 003251; DOD003309 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 61 year old male Iraqi civilian was a detainee held at the Detention Central Collection Facility, Tikirit, Iraq. He was discovered deceased in his bed when he failed to report to the moring head count procedure. He had a medical history of diabetes and renal disease at the time of his capture. Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Manner of Death: Natural. 2/8/2004 ME 04-100 Tikrit Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD 003252 - DOD 3253; DOD003310 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 54 year old male Iraqi civilian was a detainee at Abu Ghraib prison. He was brought to the main gate unconscious. Earlier in the day of his death, detainee had complained about an inability to urinate. Other detainees reported the detainee was dizzy and nauseated prior to losing consciousness. Cause of Death: Acute Peritonitis secondary to Perforating Gastric Ulcer. Manner of Death: Natural. 2/19/2004 ME 04-101 Abu Ghraib Acute Peridonitis secondary to Perforating Gastric Ulcer Natural
DOD 003254 - DOD 003259; DOD 003311 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate 55 year old Iraqi male. 'Enemy Prisoner of War.' Had a history of ischemic heart disease. Cause of Death: Atherosclertoic Cardiovascular disease. Manner of Death: Natural. Autopsy found atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, marked pulmonary adema and a remote gunshot wound on the left buttock. Wound is well-healed. Recovered metallic foreign body encapsulated in fibrous tissue within muscle of proximal left thigh. Laceration of the nose and abrasion on the right index finger. 3/8/2004 ME 04-110 Baghdad Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Natural
DOD 003260 - DOD 003261; DOD003300 Preliminary Autospy Report; Death Certificate Autopsy: ME 04-309; 27 year old male civilian presumed Iraqi national died in US custody 72 hours after being apprehended. Cause of Death: pending. Manner of Death: pending. Injuries: minor abrasions and bruises of extremities. Bruise on right side of neck. No evidence of natural disease, no evidence of drug abuse. Final autopsy report of this individual with more details is at DOD 013279. DOD 003323 lists an autopsy of the same date with the notation 'Q[uestioned] by NSWT [Navy Seals], struggled/interrogated/died sleeping.' 4/5/2004 ME 04-309 Mosul Pending Pending
DOD 003262 - DOD 003264; DOD003302 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 44 year old Iraqi male; apprehended by US Forces in Kirkuk, Iraq after he fired on coalition forces with rocket propelled grenades and small fire arms on April 10, 2004. Detainee sustained gunshot wounds during the firefight and was transported to the Combat Support Hostipal in Balad for surgery. He was later transported to Abu Ghraib where he died on April 28, 2004. Cause of Death: Multiple gunshot wounds with complications. Manner of Death: Homicide. 4/28/2004 ME 04-357 Baghdad Multiple Gunshot wounds with complications Homicide
DOD 003265 - DOD 3266; DOD 003303 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Detainee died of severe atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease. No external injuries noted. 5/11/2004 5/18/2004 Baghdad Severe Atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease Natural
DOD 003267 - DOD 3268 Preliminary Autopsy Report Male detainee died in US custody in Abu Ghraib prison. Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; manner of death: natural. Autopsy found no significant trauma. 5/23/2004 ME04-386 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD 003269 - DOD 003270 Preliminary Autopsy Report Male detainee died while in US custody in Abu Ghraib prison. Cause of death: Peritonitis of undetermined etiology; Manner of Death: Natural. Verbal report of pain. Autopsy found evidence of peritonitis, pulmonary edema and congestion. No significant trauma. 5/19/2004 ME04-387 Abu Ghraib Peritonitis of undetermined etiology Natural
DOD 003271 - DOD 003272 Preliminary Autopsy Report Iraqi male was shot in a firefight and lived to be transported to a US hospital where he underwent multiple surgeries. Cause of death: gunshot wound of the abdomen; manner of death: Homicide 5/24/2004 ME04 -388 Balad Gunshot wound of the abdomen Homicide
DOD003273 - DOD003281 Final Autopsy Report 42 year old male Iraqi civilian was in US custody at Abu Ghraib. He began making gasping sounds which awoke another detainee. The detainee was found to be unresponsive and pulseless. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. Cause of death: Undetermined. Manner of death: Undetermined. Autopsy found bruising of the abdomen and left arm. Body was frozen after death. 6/14/2004 ME04-434 Abu Ghraib Undetermined Undetermined
DOD 003282 - DOD003292 Final Autopsy Report 52 year old male Iraqi civilian collapsed while speaking to other detainees while in US custody. Resuscitative efforts were unsuccessful. Cause of death: Atheroscloerotic Cardiovascular Disease; Manner of Death: Natural. Detainee has severe coronary artery disease and has had a previous heart attack. No evidence of any significant trauma. 6/10/2004 ME04-435 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Natural
DOD003290 - DOD003292 Preliminary Autopsy Examination Report Iraqi male detainee was in US custody at Abu Ghraib. A group of prisoners became unruly and the guards used lethal force to subdue the crowd. A shotgun was fired and detainee was struck and killed. Cause of Death: Shotgun Wound of the head; Manner of Death: Homicide. Final Autopsy Report of this individual is at DOD 013315 - 13320. 8/18/2004 ME04-629 Abu Ghraib Shotgun Wound of the Head Homicide
DOD 003293 - DOD 003295; DOD003320 Preliminary Autopsy Examination Report; death certificate Iraqi male detainee in U.S. custody. A group of prisoners became unruly and the guards used lethal force to subdue the crowd. A shotgun was fired and detainee was struck and killed. Cause of death: shotgun wound to the chest; Manner of death: Homicide. Autopsy found shotgun wounds in chest, right upper back, right arm and left arm. Final Autopsy Report for this individual is at DOD 013321 - 13328. 8/18/2004 ME04-630 Abu Ghraib Shotgun Wound of the Chest Homicide
DOD003321-DOD003328 Summaries of deaths logged at (DOD003128 - DOD003295)
DOD003329 6 'Unnatural Causes' Chart of 6 unnatural deaths. Case A03-51 - strangulation, found outside isolation unit, autopsy done. Case 03-273 - closed head injury; died 12 hours after escape attempt, autopsy done. Case 03-504 - blunt force trauma and choking, died during interrogation, autopsy done. Case 03-571 - blunt force trauma and choking, dured during interrogation, autopsy done. Case 04-014, blunt force trauma and choking, gagged in standing restraint, autopsy done. Unnumbered case - gunshot wound to abdomen: 'shot without provocation', no autopsy done, not reported.
DOD003330 List of Death Certificates and Autopsy Reports Death Certificates: Nautral/Iraq: 11; Death Certificates: Accident/Iraq: 1; Death Certificates Homicide/Iraq: 5; Death Certificates Pending /Iraq: 1; Death Certificates: Homicide/Afghanistan: 3; Autopsy Reports: Natural/Iraq 11; Autopsy Reports: Accident/Iraq: 1; Autopsy Reports Homicide/Iraq: 5; Autospy Reports Homicide/Afhganistan: 3.
DOD 3535 Certificate of Death Male Detainee. Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest. Place of Death: 67th Combat Support Hospital Mosul
DOD003548 - DOD0003550 Certificate of Death; Autopsy Examination Report Same individual as DOD 003140 - DOD 003145; DOD003317 8/20/2003 03-369 Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003554 - DOD003565 Certificate of death; medical records; preliminary autopsy report; final autopsy report Same individual as DOD 003252 - DOD 3253; DOD003310 2/19/2004 ME 04-101 Abu Ghraib Acute Peridonitis secondary to Perforating Gastric Ulcer Natural
DOD 003566- DOD003572 Certificate of Death, Autopsy report Same individual as DOD003198 - DOD 003203; DOD003316 8/13/2003 ME 03-368 (EWP 3) Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003573 - DOD003581 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Same individual as DOD 003228 - DOD003234; DOD003318 1/8/2004 ME04-12; AFIP Number: 2909183 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease resulting in cardiac tamponade Natural
DOD003582 - DOD003587 Hospital report of death; chronological record of medical care; preliminary autopsy report Same individual as DOD 003265 - DOD 3266; DOD 003303 5/11/2004 5/18/2004 Baghdad Severe Atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease Natural
DOD003588 - DOD 003594, DOD003597-DOD003599 Death Certificate; medical record 27 year old male criminal detainee. Cause of death: gunshot wound. Shot during riot at hard site. Medical records date back to August 2003, at which time he was treated for asthma. 3/28/2004 Abu Ghraib Gunshot wound R chest
DOD003600 - DOD003610 Certificate of Death; Preliminary Autopsy Report; Same individual as DOD 003242 - DOD 003249; DOD003319 1/16/2004 ME04-38; AFIP Number: 2914569 Abu Ghraib Myocarditis Natural
DOD003612 - DOD003613 Certificate of death Cause of death: gunshot wound. 4/10/2004 Gunshot wound
DOD003619 - DOD003657 Certificate of death; medical records; Autopsy examination report Same individual as DOD 003269 - DOD 003270 5/19/2004 ME04-387 Abu Ghraib Peritonitis of undetermined etiology Natural
DOD003659 - DOD003669 Preliminary and final autopsy report; death certificate Same individual as DOD 003250 - 003251; DOD003309 2/8/2004 ME 04-100 Tikrit Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003681 -DOD003683 Certificate of death; autopsy Same individual as DOD 003254 - DOD 003259; DOD 003311 3/8/2004 ME 04-110 Baghdad Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Natural
DOD 003722 - DOD003736 Death Certificate; medical record, preliminary and final autopsy report Same individual as DOD 003267 - 003268 5/23/2004 ME04-386 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003737 - DOD 003738 Preliminary autopsy report; Medication Administration Record; death certificate Same individual as DOD003178 - DOD003182 7/12/2003 AFME 03-349B EPW Camp, Baghdad International Airport Massive hemoptysis due to cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis Natural
DOD 013279 - 013288 Final Autopsy Report This approximately 27 year old male civilian, presumed Iraqi national, died in US custody approximately 72 hours after being apprehended. By report, physical force was required during his initial apprehension during a raid. During his confinement, he was hooded, sleep deprived, and subjected to hot and cold environmental conditions, including the use of cold water on his body and hood. Flexcuffs used around each wrist. Abrasions and contusions around wrists. Minor abrasions and contusions of extremities. Laceration above right eyebrow, 1cm. Contusion of right side of neck. Minor abrasions of left side of forehead. Subgaleal hemmorrhage of bilateral frontal regions of scalp. Intramuscular hemorrhage of anterior aspect of right shoulder. No internal evidence of trauma. No significant evidence of natural disease. Drugs and abrasions consistent with defribilation efforts. Rib fractures consistent with CPR efforts. Concludes that cause of death cannot be determined. There is evidence of multiple minor injuries, including 'blackeyes', abrasions and contusions of the face, torso and extremities, side of the next and subgaleal hemorrage of the scalp. The decedent was also subjected to cold and wet conditions and hypothermia may have contributed to his death. DOD 003323 refers to this case with the notation 'Q[uestioned] by NSWT [Navy Seals], struggled/interrogated/died sleeping.' Preliminary autopsy report of this individual is at DOD 003260 .... Death certificate is at DOD 003300. 4/5/2004 ME 04-309 Mosul Undetermined Undetermined
DOD13289 - DOD13296 Final Autopsy Report Male Iraqi National captured after he fired on coalition forces. Detainee died from multiple gunshots wounds to the hip, arm, and foot during the fight. 04/28/04 ME 04-357, 2929205 Abu Ghraib Gunshot wounds Wounded in action, died later from wounds.
DOD13297 - DOD13302 Final Autopsy Report Male Iraqi National, 75, collapsed and died during transport to a facility hospital. The Diagnoses report he died of severe cardiovascular disease. His condition was complicated by marked cardiomegaly. The manner of the death was natural. 05/11/04 ME 04-358, 2929206 Abu Ghraib Severe cardiovascular disease. Natural.
DOD13303 - DOD13308 Autopsy Examination Report Male Iraqi died of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease [ASCVD] while in US custody. The manner of the death was Natural. 22/05/04 ME 04-386, 2929618 Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural.
DOD13309 - DOD13314 Autopsy Examination Report Male civilian died of Peritonitis while in US custody. The manner of the death is natural. 05/19/04 ME 04-387, 292645 Abu Ghraib Peritonitis Natural.
DOD13315 - DOD13320 Final Autopsy Examination Report Iraqi male detainee in U.S custody was killed by a shotgun wound to the head. The shot was delivered by coalition force guards when a group of prisoners became unruly. Preliminary Autopsy of this individual is at DOD 003290 -3292. 08/18/04 ME 04- 629, 2940934 Abu Ghraib Shotgun wound to the head Homicide.
DOD13321 - DOD13328 Final Autopsy Examination Report Iraqi male detainee in U.S custody was killed by a shotgun wound to the chest. The shot was delivered by coalition force guards when a group of prisoners became unruly. Preliminary Autopsy Report of this individual is at DOD 003293 - 3295. 08/18/04 ME 04- 630, 2940933 Abu Ghraib Shotgun wound to the chest Homicide.
DOD 036022 - 036023 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Gunshot wound to pelvis. 10/30/2003 Iraq Gunshot wound to pelvis.
DOD 036026 - 036027 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Gunshot wound to head/ Open skull fracture 10/30/2003 Iraq Gunshot wound to head/ Open skull fracture
DOD 036192 - 036193 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Iraqi male died of cardiac failure 48 hours after being fatally wounded by a gunshot wound to the pelvis. 11/3/2003 Gunshot to pelvis and cardiac failure
DOD 036925 - 036926 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Person died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. 11/4/2003 Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.
DOD 037445 - 037556 certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death. Photo of deceased withheld. Detainee died 13 days after being wounded by gunshot wound to the abdomen. Cause of death was gunshot wound and acute renal failure.
DOD 036953 - 036954 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Multiple gunshot wounds to back, chest and pelvis. Spinal cord injury. 11/7/2003 Iraq Multiple gunshot wounds to back, chest and pelvis. Spinal cord injury."
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Document Number Title of Record Description of Record Date of Death Autopsy Number Place of Death Cause of Death Manner of Death
DOD 003128 - DOD 003133; DOD003315 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Other Detainees brought Iraqi male detainee to gate. He had apparently complained of chest pain during his detention. He appeared to have been dead for some time. Cause of Death: Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Manner of death: Natural. Abrasions on right knee and left ankle. Blockages in blood vessels supplying blodd to the heart and base of brain. No significant injuries. 8/11/2003 03-366 Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD 003140 - DOD 003145; DOD003317 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Prisoner died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Significant findings of the autopsy included an enlarged heart and significant narrowing of one of the arteries supplying blood to the heart. The lungs, liver and spleen were congested most likely due to inadequate pumping of the heart. An unrelated finding was a benign blood vessel tumor in the liver that did not contribute to the death. No internal or external trauma. DOD 003326 refers to case with notation 'Taken to medics gasping for air.' 8/20/2003 03-369 Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD 003146 - DOD003155; DOD003299 Final Examination of Postmortem Examination; Death Certificate Multiple blunt force injuries. Abrasion in upper right forehead. Abrasion on right lower forehead above eyebrow. Multiple contusions on right cheek and lower nose, left upper forehead, back of head. Abrasions on chest, lower costal margin. Contusions on arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, upper inner arm, groin, inner thigh, right back of knee and calf, left calf, left lower leg. Cause of death was pulmonary embolism due to blunt force injuries. 12/3/2002 A02-093 Bagram Collection Point Pulmonary embolism due to blunt force injuries Homicide
DOD003156 - DOD 003163; DOD 003296 - 003297 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Detainee was found unresponsive restrained in his cell. Death was due to blunt force injuries to lower extremities complicating coronary artery disease.Contusions and abrasions on forehead, nose, head, behind ear, neck, abdomen, buttock, elbow, thigh, knee, foot, toe, hemorrhage on rib area and leg. Detainee died of blunt force injuries to lower extremities, complicating underlying coronary artery disease. The blunt force injuries to the legs resulted in extensive muscle damage, muscle necrosis and rhabomyolysis. Electrolyte disturbances primarily hyperkalemia (elevated blood potassium level) and metabolic acidosis can occur within hours of muscle damage. Massive sodium and water shifts occur, resulting in hypovolemic shock and casodilatation and later, acute renal failure. The decedent's underlying coronary artery disease would compromise his ability to tolerate the electrolyte and fluid abnormalities, and his underlying malnutrition and likely dehydration would further exacerbate the effects of the muscle damage. The manner of death is homicide. 12/10/2002 A02-95 (Landstuhl R.M.C. Autopsy Number) AFIP number: 285913 Bagram Collection Point Blunt force injuries to lower extremities complicating coronary artery disease. Homicide
DOD003164 - DOD003170; DOD 003301 Final Autopsy Report (Addendum); Death Certificate Died as a result of asphyxia (lack of oxygen to the brain) due to strangulation as evidenced by the recently fractured hyoid bone in the neck and soft tissue hemorrhage extending downward to the level of the right thyroid cartilage. Autopsy reveleaved bone fracture, rib fractures, contusions in mid abdomen, back and buttocks extending to the left flank, abrasions, lateral buttocks. Contusions, back of legs and knees; abrasions on knees, left fingers and encircling to left wrist. Lacerations and superficial cuts, right 4th and 5th fingers. Also, blunt force injuries, predominatnly recent contusions (bruises) on the torso and lower extremities. Abrasions on left wrist are consistent with use of restraints. No evidence of defense injuries or natural disease. Manner of death is homicide. DOD 003329 refers to this case as 'strangulation, found outside isolation unit.' 6/6/2003 A03-51 Whitehorse Detainment Facility, Nasiriyah, Iraq Strangulation Homicide
DOD003171 - DOD3177; DOD003298 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Death caused by the multiple blunt force injuries of the lower torso and legs complicated by rhabdommyolisis (release of toxic byproducs into the system due to destruction of muscle). Manner of death is homicide. Decedent was not under the pharmacologic effect of drugs or alcohol at the time of death. 11/6/2003 A03-144 Helmand Prov, Afghanistan Multiple blunt force injuries complicated by rhabdomyolisis Homicide
DOD 003178 - 003182; 003312 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Autopsy showed that detainee had pulmonary tuberculosis. Found in the detention center with a large amount of blood emering from the nose and mouth. Cause of Death: Massive Hemoptysis (bleeding into the tracheobronchial tree) due to Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Manner of Death: Natural. No evidence of significant trauma. 7/12/2003 AFME 03-349B EPW Camp, Baghdad International Airport Massive hemoptysis due to cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis Natural
DOD003183 - DOD003191; DOD003306 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Cause of death: Closed head injury with a cortical brain contusion and subdural hematoma. Manner of Death: Homicide. Iraqi male civilian detainee died in US custody 12 hours after a reported escape attempt. Physical force was required to subdue the detainee, and during the restraining process, his forehead hit the ground. Closed head injury: subarachnoid hemorrhage over brain, cortical brain contusion, right subdural hematoma. Additional injuries: fractured rib, multiple contusions and abrasions to head, torso and extremities. Abrasions on wrists and ankles consistent with restraint. Hemorrhage of right muscle of neck. No evidence of natural disease. DOD 003329 refers to this case as '1 closed head injury - died 12 hours after escape attempt.' 6/13/2003 ME03-273 Abu Ghraib Close head injury with a cortical brain contusion and subdural hematoma Homicide
DOD003192 - DOD 003197; DOD003308 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate 'Enemy Prisoner of War' in US custody. Prisoner died of heat stroke. The clinical presentation of an axillary temperature of 102 degrees, dehydration, hypoxia and obtundation, along with non-specific autopsy findings and lack of significant natural disease or trauma are supportive of heat stroke. Temperatures in the area were reported to be greater than 110 degrees. No significant internal or external trauma was noted. 8/22/2003 ME 03-367 (EPW #2) Iraq Heat related Accident
DOD003198 - DOD 003203; DOD003316 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Cause of death: Arterioscloerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Manner of Death: Natural. No external or internal trauma was noted. Autopsy found narrowing of the blood vessels supplying blood to the heart and enlargement of the heart. 8/13/2003 ME 03-368 (EWP 3) Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003204 - DOD 003207; DOD003313 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 'Enemy prisoner of war' detainee at Biap prison who was being transported in a bus when he became short of breath, hypotensive and tachycardic. A medic administered an IV, which briefly improved his symptoms but he soon arrested. Cause of Death: Undetermined atraumatic cause; Manner of Death: Natural. 8/7/2003 ME 03-385; AFIP number 2892215 Diwania, Iraq Undetermined atraumatic cause Natural
DOD003208 - DOD 003211; DOD003314 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Other prisoners brought detainee forward to the prison gate complaining of chest pain. He reportedly participated in a fast that day. Detainee has a history of diabetes. A physician arrived 30 minutes after patient was brought to gate. By this time pupils were fixed and dilated and the decedent remained pulseless throughout resuscitation attempts. Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease complicated by diabetes. Manner of Death: Natural. DOD 003326 refers to case with notation 'Chest pain following a fast.' 8/8/2003 ME 03-386 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease complicated by diabetes Natural
DOD 003212 - DOD003219; DOD 003304 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Iraqi National male was captured by Navy Seal Team #7 and resisted aprehension. External injuries including multiple contusions are consistent with injuries sustained during apprehension. Fractures of the ribs and a contusion of the left lung imply significant blunt force injuries of the thorax and likely resulted in impaired respiration. Ligature marks of the wrists and ankles. Remote gunshot would of torso. No significant natural diseases identified. According to investigating agents, during interrogation of the detainee, a hood made of synthetic material was placed over the head and neck of the detainee. He died while detained at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Cause of death: Blunt force injuries complicated by compromised respiration. Manner of Death: Homicide. DOD 003329 refers to this case as '1 blunt force trauma and choking; died during interrogation.' DOD 003325 refers to this case with the notation 'Q[uestioned] by OGA [Other Governmental Agency - non-military, often refers to the CIA] and NSWT [Navy Seals] died during interrogation.' ME 03-504 Abu Ghraib Blunt Force Injuries Complicated by Compromised Respiration Homicide
DOD 003220 - DOD 003227; DOD003305 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate Male detainee died while in U.S. custody. The details surrounding the circumstances at the time of death are classified. Cause of death: Asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression. Manner of Death: Homicide. Significant findings of the autopsy included rib fractures and numerous bruises, some of which were patterned due to impacts with a blunt object. DOD 003329 refers to this case as '1 blunt force trauma and choking; died during interrogation.' DOD 003325 refers to this case with note 'Q[uestioned] by MI [Military Intelligence], died during interrogation.' 11/26/2003 ME03-571 Al Qaim Asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression Homicide
DOD 003228 - DOD003234; DOD003318 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Detainee, 63 year old Iraqi male, died while in U.S. custody. Cause of death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Resulting in Cardiac Tamponade. Manner of Death: Natural. Autopsy revealed hemopericardium, with a rutpure of the free wall of the left ventricle and focally severe atheosclerisos of the coronary arteries. 1/8/2004 ME04-12; AFIP Number: 2909183 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease resulting in cardiac tamponade Natural
DOD 003235 - DOD 3241; DOD003307 Final Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 47 year old white male detainee died while in US custody. Cause of death: Blunt Force Injuries and Asphyxia; Manner of Death: Homicide. Autopsy revealed deep bruising of the chest wall, numerous displaced rib fractures, bruising on the lungs, hemorrhage into the mesentery of the small and large intestine. Examination of the neck structures revealed hemorrhage into the strap muscles and fractures of the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone. History of asphyxia, secondary to occlusion of the oral airway. Pleural and pulmonary adhesions. Hypertensive cardiovascular disease. According to report provided by the US army CID, the detainee was shackled to the top of a doorframe with a gag in his mouth at the time he lost consciousness and became pulseless. The severe blunt force injuries, the hanging position, and the obstruction of the oral cavity with a gag contributed to this individual's death. DOD 00329 refers to this case as 'gagged in standing restraint' DOD 003329 refers to this case as '1 blunt force trama and choking; gagged in standing restraint.' DOD 003324 refers to this case with a note indicating 'Q[uestioned] by OGA [Other Governmental Agency - non-military, often refers to CIA], gagged in standing restraint.' 1/9/2004 ME04-14; AFIP Number: 2909185 Al Asad, Iraq Blunt force injuries and asphyxia Homicide
DOD 003242 - DOD 003249; DOD003319 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate 25 year old male collapsed while performing morning prayers. Cause of Death: Myocarditis (jnflammation of the heart). Manner of Death: Natural. No evidence of significant trauma. 1/16/2004 ME04-38; AFIP Number: 2914569 Abu Ghraib Myocarditis Natural
DOD 003250 - 003251; DOD003309 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 61 year old male Iraqi civilian was a detainee held at the Detention Central Collection Facility, Tikirit, Iraq. He was discovered deceased in his bed when he failed to report to the moring head count procedure. He had a medical history of diabetes and renal disease at the time of his capture. Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Manner of Death: Natural. 2/8/2004 ME 04-100 Tikrit Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD 003252 - DOD 3253; DOD003310 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 54 year old male Iraqi civilian was a detainee at Abu Ghraib prison. He was brought to the main gate unconscious. Earlier in the day of his death, detainee had complained about an inability to urinate. Other detainees reported the detainee was dizzy and nauseated prior to losing consciousness. Cause of Death: Acute Peritonitis secondary to Perforating Gastric Ulcer. Manner of Death: Natural. 2/19/2004 ME 04-101 Abu Ghraib Acute Peridonitis secondary to Perforating Gastric Ulcer Natural
DOD 003254 - DOD 003259; DOD 003311 Autopsy Examination Report; Death Certificate 55 year old Iraqi male. 'Enemy Prisoner of War.' Had a history of ischemic heart disease. Cause of Death: Atherosclertoic Cardiovascular disease. Manner of Death: Natural. Autopsy found atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, marked pulmonary adema and a remote gunshot wound on the left buttock. Wound is well-healed. Recovered metallic foreign body encapsulated in fibrous tissue within muscle of proximal left thigh. Laceration of the nose and abrasion on the right index finger. 3/8/2004 ME 04-110 Baghdad Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Natural
DOD 003260 - DOD 003261; DOD003300 Preliminary Autospy Report; Death Certificate Autopsy: ME 04-309; 27 year old male civilian presumed Iraqi national died in US custody 72 hours after being apprehended. Cause of Death: pending. Manner of Death: pending. Injuries: minor abrasions and bruises of extremities. Bruise on right side of neck. No evidence of natural disease, no evidence of drug abuse. Final autopsy report of this individual with more details is at DOD 013279. DOD 003323 lists an autopsy of the same date with the notation 'Q[uestioned] by NSWT [Navy Seals], struggled/interrogated/died sleeping.' 4/5/2004 ME 04-309 Mosul Pending Pending
DOD 003262 - DOD 003264; DOD003302 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Death Certificate 44 year old Iraqi male; apprehended by US Forces in Kirkuk, Iraq after he fired on coalition forces with rocket propelled grenades and small fire arms on April 10, 2004. Detainee sustained gunshot wounds during the firefight and was transported to the Combat Support Hostipal in Balad for surgery. He was later transported to Abu Ghraib where he died on April 28, 2004. Cause of Death: Multiple gunshot wounds with complications. Manner of Death: Homicide. 4/28/2004 ME 04-357 Baghdad Multiple Gunshot wounds with complications Homicide
DOD 003265 - DOD 3266; DOD 003303 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Death Certificate Detainee died of severe atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease. No external injuries noted. 5/11/2004 5/18/2004 Baghdad Severe Atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease Natural
DOD 003267 - DOD 3268 Preliminary Autopsy Report Male detainee died in US custody in Abu Ghraib prison. Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; manner of death: natural. Autopsy found no significant trauma. 5/23/2004 ME04-386 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD 003269 - DOD 003270 Preliminary Autopsy Report Male detainee died while in US custody in Abu Ghraib prison. Cause of death: Peritonitis of undetermined etiology; Manner of Death: Natural. Verbal report of pain. Autopsy found evidence of peritonitis, pulmonary edema and congestion. No significant trauma. 5/19/2004 ME04-387 Abu Ghraib Peritonitis of undetermined etiology Natural
DOD 003271 - DOD 003272 Preliminary Autopsy Report Iraqi male was shot in a firefight and lived to be transported to a US hospital where he underwent multiple surgeries. Cause of death: gunshot wound of the abdomen; manner of death: Homicide 5/24/2004 ME04 -388 Balad Gunshot wound of the abdomen Homicide
DOD003273 - DOD003281 Final Autopsy Report 42 year old male Iraqi civilian was in US custody at Abu Ghraib. He began making gasping sounds which awoke another detainee. The detainee was found to be unresponsive and pulseless. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. Cause of death: Undetermined. Manner of death: Undetermined. Autopsy found bruising of the abdomen and left arm. Body was frozen after death. 6/14/2004 ME04-434 Abu Ghraib Undetermined Undetermined
DOD 003282 - DOD003292 Final Autopsy Report 52 year old male Iraqi civilian collapsed while speaking to other detainees while in US custody. Resuscitative efforts were unsuccessful. Cause of death: Atheroscloerotic Cardiovascular Disease; Manner of Death: Natural. Detainee has severe coronary artery disease and has had a previous heart attack. No evidence of any significant trauma. 6/10/2004 ME04-435 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Natural
DOD003290 - DOD003292 Preliminary Autopsy Examination Report Iraqi male detainee was in US custody at Abu Ghraib. A group of prisoners became unruly and the guards used lethal force to subdue the crowd. A shotgun was fired and detainee was struck and killed. Cause of Death: Shotgun Wound of the head; Manner of Death: Homicide. Final Autopsy Report of this individual is at DOD 013315 - 13320. 8/18/2004 ME04-629 Abu Ghraib Shotgun Wound of the Head Homicide
DOD 003293 - DOD 003295; DOD003320 Preliminary Autopsy Examination Report; death certificate Iraqi male detainee in U.S. custody. A group of prisoners became unruly and the guards used lethal force to subdue the crowd. A shotgun was fired and detainee was struck and killed. Cause of death: shotgun wound to the chest; Manner of death: Homicide. Autopsy found shotgun wounds in chest, right upper back, right arm and left arm. Final Autopsy Report for this individual is at DOD 013321 - 13328. 8/18/2004 ME04-630 Abu Ghraib Shotgun Wound of the Chest Homicide
DOD003321-DOD003328 Summaries of deaths logged at (DOD003128 - DOD003295)
DOD003329 6 'Unnatural Causes' Chart of 6 unnatural deaths. Case A03-51 - strangulation, found outside isolation unit, autopsy done. Case 03-273 - closed head injury; died 12 hours after escape attempt, autopsy done. Case 03-504 - blunt force trauma and choking, died during interrogation, autopsy done. Case 03-571 - blunt force trauma and choking, dured during interrogation, autopsy done. Case 04-014, blunt force trauma and choking, gagged in standing restraint, autopsy done. Unnumbered case - gunshot wound to abdomen: 'shot without provocation', no autopsy done, not reported.
DOD003330 List of Death Certificates and Autopsy Reports Death Certificates: Nautral/Iraq: 11; Death Certificates: Accident/Iraq: 1; Death Certificates Homicide/Iraq: 5; Death Certificates Pending /Iraq: 1; Death Certificates: Homicide/Afghanistan: 3; Autopsy Reports: Natural/Iraq 11; Autopsy Reports: Accident/Iraq: 1; Autopsy Reports Homicide/Iraq: 5; Autospy Reports Homicide/Afhganistan: 3.
DOD 3535 Certificate of Death Male Detainee. Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest. Place of Death: 67th Combat Support Hospital Mosul
DOD003548 - DOD0003550 Certificate of Death; Autopsy Examination Report Same individual as DOD 003140 - DOD 003145; DOD003317 8/20/2003 03-369 Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003554 - DOD003565 Certificate of death; medical records; preliminary autopsy report; final autopsy report Same individual as DOD 003252 - DOD 3253; DOD003310 2/19/2004 ME 04-101 Abu Ghraib Acute Peridonitis secondary to Perforating Gastric Ulcer Natural
DOD 003566- DOD003572 Certificate of Death, Autopsy report Same individual as DOD003198 - DOD 003203; DOD003316 8/13/2003 ME 03-368 (EWP 3) Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003573 - DOD003581 Preliminary Autopsy Report; Same individual as DOD 003228 - DOD003234; DOD003318 1/8/2004 ME04-12; AFIP Number: 2909183 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease resulting in cardiac tamponade Natural
DOD003582 - DOD003587 Hospital report of death; chronological record of medical care; preliminary autopsy report Same individual as DOD 003265 - DOD 3266; DOD 003303 5/11/2004 5/18/2004 Baghdad Severe Atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease Natural
DOD003588 - DOD 003594, DOD003597-DOD003599 Death Certificate; medical record 27 year old male criminal detainee. Cause of death: gunshot wound. Shot during riot at hard site. Medical records date back to August 2003, at which time he was treated for asthma. 3/28/2004 Abu Ghraib Gunshot wound R chest
DOD003600 - DOD003610 Certificate of Death; Preliminary Autopsy Report; Same individual as DOD 003242 - DOD 003249; DOD003319 1/16/2004 ME04-38; AFIP Number: 2914569 Abu Ghraib Myocarditis Natural
DOD003612 - DOD003613 Certificate of death Cause of death: gunshot wound. 4/10/2004 Gunshot wound
DOD003619 - DOD003657 Certificate of death; medical records; Autopsy examination report Same individual as DOD 003269 - DOD 003270 5/19/2004 ME04-387 Abu Ghraib Peritonitis of undetermined etiology Natural
DOD003659 - DOD003669 Preliminary and final autopsy report; death certificate Same individual as DOD 003250 - 003251; DOD003309 2/8/2004 ME 04-100 Tikrit Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003681 -DOD003683 Certificate of death; autopsy Same individual as DOD 003254 - DOD 003259; DOD 003311 3/8/2004 ME 04-110 Baghdad Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Natural
DOD 003722 - DOD003736 Death Certificate; medical record, preliminary and final autopsy report Same individual as DOD 003267 - 003268 5/23/2004 ME04-386 Abu Ghraib Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural
DOD003737 - DOD 003738 Preliminary autopsy report; Medication Administration Record; death certificate Same individual as DOD003178 - DOD003182 7/12/2003 AFME 03-349B EPW Camp, Baghdad International Airport Massive hemoptysis due to cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis Natural
DOD 013279 - 013288 Final Autopsy Report This approximately 27 year old male civilian, presumed Iraqi national, died in US custody approximately 72 hours after being apprehended. By report, physical force was required during his initial apprehension during a raid. During his confinement, he was hooded, sleep deprived, and subjected to hot and cold environmental conditions, including the use of cold water on his body and hood. Flexcuffs used around each wrist. Abrasions and contusions around wrists. Minor abrasions and contusions of extremities. Laceration above right eyebrow, 1cm. Contusion of right side of neck. Minor abrasions of left side of forehead. Subgaleal hemmorrhage of bilateral frontal regions of scalp. Intramuscular hemorrhage of anterior aspect of right shoulder. No internal evidence of trauma. No significant evidence of natural disease. Drugs and abrasions consistent with defribilation efforts. Rib fractures consistent with CPR efforts. Concludes that cause of death cannot be determined. There is evidence of multiple minor injuries, including 'blackeyes', abrasions and contusions of the face, torso and extremities, side of the next and subgaleal hemorrage of the scalp. The decedent was also subjected to cold and wet conditions and hypothermia may have contributed to his death. DOD 003323 refers to this case with the notation 'Q[uestioned] by NSWT [Navy Seals], struggled/interrogated/died sleeping.' Preliminary autopsy report of this individual is at DOD 003260 .... Death certificate is at DOD 003300. 4/5/2004 ME 04-309 Mosul Undetermined Undetermined
DOD13289 - DOD13296 Final Autopsy Report Male Iraqi National captured after he fired on coalition forces. Detainee died from multiple gunshots wounds to the hip, arm, and foot during the fight. 04/28/04 ME 04-357, 2929205 Abu Ghraib Gunshot wounds Wounded in action, died later from wounds.
DOD13297 - DOD13302 Final Autopsy Report Male Iraqi National, 75, collapsed and died during transport to a facility hospital. The Diagnoses report he died of severe cardiovascular disease. His condition was complicated by marked cardiomegaly. The manner of the death was natural. 05/11/04 ME 04-358, 2929206 Abu Ghraib Severe cardiovascular disease. Natural.
DOD13303 - DOD13308 Autopsy Examination Report Male Iraqi died of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease [ASCVD] while in US custody. The manner of the death was Natural. 22/05/04 ME 04-386, 2929618 Abu Ghraib Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Natural.
DOD13309 - DOD13314 Autopsy Examination Report Male civilian died of Peritonitis while in US custody. The manner of the death is natural. 05/19/04 ME 04-387, 292645 Abu Ghraib Peritonitis Natural.
DOD13315 - DOD13320 Final Autopsy Examination Report Iraqi male detainee in U.S custody was killed by a shotgun wound to the head. The shot was delivered by coalition force guards when a group of prisoners became unruly. Preliminary Autopsy of this individual is at DOD 003290 -3292. 08/18/04 ME 04- 629, 2940934 Abu Ghraib Shotgun wound to the head Homicide.
DOD13321 - DOD13328 Final Autopsy Examination Report Iraqi male detainee in U.S custody was killed by a shotgun wound to the chest. The shot was delivered by coalition force guards when a group of prisoners became unruly. Preliminary Autopsy Report of this individual is at DOD 003293 - 3295. 08/18/04 ME 04- 630, 2940933 Abu Ghraib Shotgun wound to the chest Homicide.
DOD 036022 - 036023 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Gunshot wound to pelvis. 10/30/2003 Iraq Gunshot wound to pelvis.
DOD 036026 - 036027 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Gunshot wound to head/ Open skull fracture 10/30/2003 Iraq Gunshot wound to head/ Open skull fracture
DOD 036192 - 036193 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Iraqi male died of cardiac failure 48 hours after being fatally wounded by a gunshot wound to the pelvis. 11/3/2003 Gunshot to pelvis and cardiac failure
DOD 036925 - 036926 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Person died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. 11/4/2003 Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.
DOD 037445 - 037556 certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death. Photo of deceased withheld. Detainee died 13 days after being wounded by gunshot wound to the abdomen. Cause of death was gunshot wound and acute renal failure.
DOD 036953 - 036954 Certificate of Death (Overseas); Hospital Report of Death Multiple gunshot wounds to back, chest and pelvis. Spinal cord injury. 11/7/2003 Iraq Multiple gunshot wounds to back, chest and pelvis. Spinal cord injury."
Links to US investigations about prisoner abuse
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/09/01/cia.memo.part1.pdf
Then lets go with a in depth Autopsy reports revealing homicides of detainees in U.S. custody
After that pick a link......the first are official CIA investigation reports.
http://action.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/102405/
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/detainee.interrogations/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/23/cia.prisoner.report/
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/us.torture.documents/index.html
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/bybee.pdf
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/bradbury2.pdf
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/bradbury3.pdf
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/bradbury.pdf
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Investigation/story?id=1322866
Death of Manadel al-Jamadi
Main article: Manadel al-Jamadi
The prisoner Manadel al-Jamadi died in Abu Ghraib prison after being interrogated and tortured by a CIA officer and a private contractor. The torture included physical violence and strappado hanging whereby the victim's is hung from the wrists with the hands tied behind the back. His death has been labeled a homicide by the US military [8], but neither of the two men that caused his death have been charged. The private contractor was granted immunity.[9]
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/14/051114fa_fact
Other deaths in Abu Ghraib Prison
The online news magazine Salon has reported on multiple deaths of Iraqi prisoners in U.S. custody,[10] and according to a report issued by the American Civil Liberties Union, at least 28 have died at Abu Ghraib.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/30/accountability/
Then lets go with a in depth Autopsy reports revealing homicides of detainees in U.S. custody
After that pick a link......the first are official CIA investigation reports.
http://action.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/102405/
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/detainee.interrogations/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/23/cia.prisoner.report/
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/us.torture.documents/index.html
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/bybee.pdf
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/bradbury2.pdf
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/bradbury3.pdf
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/22/bradbury.pdf
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Investigation/story?id=1322866
Death of Manadel al-Jamadi
Main article: Manadel al-Jamadi
The prisoner Manadel al-Jamadi died in Abu Ghraib prison after being interrogated and tortured by a CIA officer and a private contractor. The torture included physical violence and strappado hanging whereby the victim's is hung from the wrists with the hands tied behind the back. His death has been labeled a homicide by the US military [8], but neither of the two men that caused his death have been charged. The private contractor was granted immunity.[9]
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/14/051114fa_fact
Other deaths in Abu Ghraib Prison
The online news magazine Salon has reported on multiple deaths of Iraqi prisoners in U.S. custody,[10] and according to a report issued by the American Civil Liberties Union, at least 28 have died at Abu Ghraib.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/30/accountability/
Friday, February 05, 2010
NO WMD's were in Iraq. This was officially reported to the World BEFORE the invasion!
Statements of the Director General
7 March 2003 | New York, USA
Statement to the United Nations Security Council
The Status of Nuclear Inspections in Iraq: An Update
by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei
My report to the Council today is an update on the status of the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear verification activities in Iraq pursuant to Security Council resolution 1441 (2002) and other relevant resolutions.
Inspection Activities
When I reported last to the Council, on 14 February, I explained that the Agency's inspection activities had moved well beyond the "reconnaissance phase" - that is, re-establishing our knowledge base regarding Iraq's nuclear capabilities - into the "investigative phase", which focuses on the central question before the IAEA relevant to disarmament: whether Iraq has revived or attempted to revive its defunct nuclear weapons programme over the last four years.
At the outset, let me state one general observation: namely, that during the past four years, at the majority of Iraqi sites, industrial capacity has deteriorated substantially, due to the departure of the foreign support that was often present in the late 1980s, the departure of large numbers of skilled Iraqi personnel in the past decade, and the lack of consistent maintenance by Iraq of sophisticated equipment. At only a few inspected sites involved in industrial research, development and manufacturing have the facilities been improved and new personnel been taken on. This overall deterioration in industrial capacity is naturally of direct relevance to Iraq's capability for resuming a nuclear weapons programme.
Inspections
The IAEA has now conducted a total of 218 nuclear inspections at 141 sites, including 21 that had not been inspected before. In addition, IAEA experts have taken part in many joint UNMOVIC-IAEA inspections.
Technical Methods
Technical support for nuclear inspections has continued to expand. The three operational air samplers have collected, from key locations in Iraq, weekly air particulate samples that are being sent to laboratories for analysis. Additional results of water, sediment, vegetation and material sample analyses have been received from the relevant laboratories.
Our vehicle-borne radiation survey team has covered some 2000 kilometres over the past three weeks. Survey access has been gained to over 75 facilities, including military garrisons and camps, weapons factories, truck parks, manufacturing facilities and residential areas.
Interviews
Interviews have continued with relevant Iraqi personnel - at times with individuals and groups in the workplace during the course of unannounced inspections, and on other occasions in pre-arranged meetings with key scientists and other specialists known to have been involved with Iraq's past nuclear programme. The IAEA has continued to conduct interviews even when the conditions were not in accordance with the IAEA's preferred modalities, with a view to gaining as much information as possible - information that could be cross-checked for validity with other sources and which could be helpful in our assessment of areas under investigation.
As you may recall, when we first began to request private, unescorted interviews, the Iraqi interviewees insisted on taping the interviews and keeping the recorded tapes. Recently, upon our insistence, individuals have been consenting to being interviewed without escort and without a taped record. The IAEA has conducted two such private interviews in the last 10 days, and hopes that its ability to conduct private interviews will continue unhindered, including possibly interviews outside Iraq.
I should add that we are looking into further refining the modalities for conducting interviews, to ensure that they are conducted freely, and to alleviate concerns that interviews are being listened to by other Iraqi parties. In our view, interviews outside Iraq may be the best way to ensure that interviews are free. We intend therefore, to request such interviews shortly. We are also asking other States to enable us to conduct interviews with former Iraqi scientists that now reside in those States.
Specific Issues
In the last few weeks, Iraq has provided a considerable volume of documentation relevant to the issues I reported earlier as being of particular concern, including Iraq's efforts to procure aluminium tubes, its attempted procurement of magnets and magnet production capabilities, and its reported attempt to import uranium. I will touch briefly on the progress made on each of these issues.
Uranium Enrichment
Since my last update to the Council, the primary technical focus of IAEA field activities in Iraq has been on resolving several outstanding issues related to the possible resumption of efforts by Iraq to enrich uranium through the use of centrifuges. For that purpose, the IAEA assembled a specially qualified team of international centrifuge manufacturing experts.
Aluminium tubes: The IAEA has conducted a thorough investigation of Iraq's attempts to purchase large quantities of high-strength aluminium tubes. As previously reported, Iraq has maintained that these aluminium tubes were sought for rocket production. Extensive field investigation and document analysis have failed to uncover any evidence that Iraq intended to use these 81mm tubes for any project other than the reverse engineering of rockets.
The Iraqi decision-making process with regard to the design of these rockets was well documented. Iraq has provided copies of design documents, procurement records, minutes of committee meetings and supporting data and samples. A thorough analysis of this information, together with information gathered from interviews with Iraqi personnel, has allowed the IAEA to develop a coherent picture of attempted purchases and intended usage of the 81mm aluminium tubes, as well as the rationale behind the changes in the tolerances.
Drawing on this information, the IAEA has learned that the original tolerances for the 81mm tubes were set prior to 1987, and were based on physical measurements taken from a small number of imported rockets in Iraq's possession. Initial attempts to reverse engineer the rockets met with little success. Tolerances were adjusted during the following years as part of ongoing efforts to revitalize the project and improve operational efficiency. The project languished for long periods during this time and became the subject of several committees, which resulted in specification and tolerance changes on each occasion.
Based on available evidence, the IAEA team has concluded that Iraq's efforts to import these aluminium tubes were not likely to have been related to the manufacture of centrifuges and, moreover, that it was highly unlikely that Iraq could have achieved the considerable re-design needed to use them in a revived centrifuge programme. However, this issue will continue to be scrutinized and investigated.
Magnets: With respect to reports about Iraq's efforts to import high-strength permanent magnets - or to achieve the capability for producing such magnets - for use in a centrifuge enrichment programme, I should note that, since 1998, Iraq has purchased high-strength magnets for various uses. Iraq has declared inventories of magnets of twelve different designs. The IAEA has verified that previously acquired magnets have been used for missile guidance systems, industrial machinery, electricity meters and field telephones. Through visits to research and production sites, reviews of engineering drawings and analyses of sample magnets, IAEA experts familiar with the use of such magnets in centrifuge enrichment have verified that none of the magnets that Iraq has declared could be used directly for a centrifuge magnetic bearing.
In June 2001, Iraq signed a contract for a new magnet production line, for delivery and installation in 2003. The delivery has not yet occurred, and Iraqi documentation and interviews of Iraqi personnel indicate that this contract will not be executed. However, the contract has been evaluated by the IAEA centrifuge enrichment experts. They have concluded the replacement of foreign procurement with domestic magnet production seems reasonable from an economic point of view. In addition, the training and experience acquired by Iraq in the pre-1991 period makes it likely that Iraq possesses the expertise to manufacture high-strength permanent magnets suitable for use in enrichment centrifuges. The IAEA will continue therefore to monitor and inspect equipment and materials that could be used to make magnets for enrichment centrifuges.
Flow forming capabilities: Iraq has used its relatively low-accuracy flow forming capability for the production of rocket parts in steel. Investigations in the field indicate that Iraq has recently started to flow form its own tubes in aluminium as well.
Based upon Iraqi documentation, experts' observations of Iraq's industrial capabilities and the IAEA's knowledge of Iraq's industrial assets - including the availability of raw materials - our assessment to date is that Iraq still possesses an abundance of high-strength aluminium materials procured during the 1980s, and has the expertise needed to produce pre-forms of high quality, but that it currently has low-quality flow forming equipment. In addition, Iraq's lack of experience and expertise in this field makes it highly unlikely that it is currently able to produce aluminium cylinders consistently to the tolerances required for centrifuge enrichment. Nevertheless, the IAEA will monitor all potentially capable machines and facilities using 24-hour camera surveillance, supported by a regime of unannounced inspections. The IAEA will also continue to assess the level of centrifuge-related expertise remaining in Iraq.
Uranium Acquisition
The IAEA has made progress in its investigation into reports that Iraq sought to buy uranium from Niger in recent years. The investigation was centred on documents provided by a number of States that pointed to an agreement between Niger and Iraq for the sale of uranium between 1999 and 2001.
The IAEA has discussed these reports with the Governments of Iraq and Niger, both of which have denied that any such activity took place. For its part, Iraq has provided the IAEA with a comprehensive explanation of its relations with Niger, and has described a visit by an Iraqi official to a number of African countries, including Niger, in February 1999, which Iraq thought might have given rise to the reports. The IAEA was also able to review correspondence coming from various bodies of the Government of Niger, and to compare the form, format, contents and signatures of that correspondence with those of the alleged procurement-related documentation.
Based on thorough analysis, the IAEA has concluded, with the concurrence of outside experts, that these documents - which formed the basis for the reports of recent uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger - are in fact not authentic. We have therefore concluded that these specific allegations are unfounded. However, we will continue to follow up any additional evidence, if it emerges, relevant to efforts by Iraq to illicitly import nuclear materials.
Procurement Patterns
Many concerns regarding Iraq's possible intention to resume its nuclear programme have arisen from Iraqi procurement efforts reported by a number of States. In addition, many of Iraq's efforts to procure commodities and products, including magnets and aluminium tubes, have been conducted in contravention of sanction controls specified under Security Council resolution 661 and other relevant resolutions.
The issue of procurement efforts remains under thorough investigation, and further verification will be forthcoming. An IAEA team of technical experts, customs investigators and computer forensic specialists is currently conducting a series of investigations, through inspections at trading companies and commercial organizations, aimed at understanding Iraq's patterns of procurement.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I am able to report today that, in the area of nuclear weapons - the most lethal weapons of mass destruction - inspections in Iraq are moving forward. Since the resumption of inspections a little over three months ago - and particularly during the three weeks since my last oral report to the Council - the IAEA has made important progress in identifying what nuclear-related capabilities remain in Iraq, and in its assessment of whether Iraq has made any efforts to revive its past nuclear programme during the intervening four years since inspections were brought to a halt. At this stage, the following can be stated:
There is no indication of resumed nuclear activities in those buildings that were identified through the use of satellite imagery as being reconstructed or newly erected since 1998, nor any indication of nuclear-related prohibited activities at any inspected sites.
There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import uranium since 1990.
There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import aluminium tubes for use in centrifuge enrichment. Moreover, even had Iraq pursued such a plan, it would have encountered practical difficulties in manufacturing centrifuges out of the aluminium tubes in question.
Although we are still reviewing issues related to magnets and magnet production, there is no indication to date that Iraq imported magnets for use in a centrifuge enrichment programme.
As I stated above, the IAEA will continue further to scrutinize and investigate all of the above issues.
After three months of intrusive inspections, we have to date found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq. We intend to continue our inspection activities, making use of all the additional rights granted to us by resolution 1441 and all additional tools that might be available to us, including reconnaissance platforms and all relevant technologies. We also hope to continue to receive from States actionable information relevant to our mandate. I should note that, in the past three weeks, possibly as a result of ever-increasing pressure by the international community, Iraq has been forthcoming in its co-operation, particularly with regard to the conduct of private interviews and in making available evidence that could contribute to the resolution of matters of IAEA concern. I do hope that Iraq will continue to expand the scope and accelerate the pace of its co-operation.
The detailed knowledge of Iraq's capabilities that IAEA experts have accumulated since 1991 - combined with the extended rights provided by resolution 1441, the active commitment by all States to help us fulfil our mandate, and the recently increased level of Iraqi co-operation - should enable us in the near future to provide the Security Council with an objective and thorough assessment of Iraq's nuclear-related capabilities. However credible this assessment may be, we will endeavour - in view of the inherent uncertainties associated with any verification process, and, particularly in light of Iraq's past record of co-operation - to evaluate Iraq's capabilities on a continuous basis as part of our long-term monitoring and verification programme, in order to provide the international community with ongoing and real time assurances.
7 March 2003 | New York, USA
Statement to the United Nations Security Council
The Status of Nuclear Inspections in Iraq: An Update
by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei
My report to the Council today is an update on the status of the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear verification activities in Iraq pursuant to Security Council resolution 1441 (2002) and other relevant resolutions.
Inspection Activities
When I reported last to the Council, on 14 February, I explained that the Agency's inspection activities had moved well beyond the "reconnaissance phase" - that is, re-establishing our knowledge base regarding Iraq's nuclear capabilities - into the "investigative phase", which focuses on the central question before the IAEA relevant to disarmament: whether Iraq has revived or attempted to revive its defunct nuclear weapons programme over the last four years.
At the outset, let me state one general observation: namely, that during the past four years, at the majority of Iraqi sites, industrial capacity has deteriorated substantially, due to the departure of the foreign support that was often present in the late 1980s, the departure of large numbers of skilled Iraqi personnel in the past decade, and the lack of consistent maintenance by Iraq of sophisticated equipment. At only a few inspected sites involved in industrial research, development and manufacturing have the facilities been improved and new personnel been taken on. This overall deterioration in industrial capacity is naturally of direct relevance to Iraq's capability for resuming a nuclear weapons programme.
Inspections
The IAEA has now conducted a total of 218 nuclear inspections at 141 sites, including 21 that had not been inspected before. In addition, IAEA experts have taken part in many joint UNMOVIC-IAEA inspections.
Technical Methods
Technical support for nuclear inspections has continued to expand. The three operational air samplers have collected, from key locations in Iraq, weekly air particulate samples that are being sent to laboratories for analysis. Additional results of water, sediment, vegetation and material sample analyses have been received from the relevant laboratories.
Our vehicle-borne radiation survey team has covered some 2000 kilometres over the past three weeks. Survey access has been gained to over 75 facilities, including military garrisons and camps, weapons factories, truck parks, manufacturing facilities and residential areas.
Interviews
Interviews have continued with relevant Iraqi personnel - at times with individuals and groups in the workplace during the course of unannounced inspections, and on other occasions in pre-arranged meetings with key scientists and other specialists known to have been involved with Iraq's past nuclear programme. The IAEA has continued to conduct interviews even when the conditions were not in accordance with the IAEA's preferred modalities, with a view to gaining as much information as possible - information that could be cross-checked for validity with other sources and which could be helpful in our assessment of areas under investigation.
As you may recall, when we first began to request private, unescorted interviews, the Iraqi interviewees insisted on taping the interviews and keeping the recorded tapes. Recently, upon our insistence, individuals have been consenting to being interviewed without escort and without a taped record. The IAEA has conducted two such private interviews in the last 10 days, and hopes that its ability to conduct private interviews will continue unhindered, including possibly interviews outside Iraq.
I should add that we are looking into further refining the modalities for conducting interviews, to ensure that they are conducted freely, and to alleviate concerns that interviews are being listened to by other Iraqi parties. In our view, interviews outside Iraq may be the best way to ensure that interviews are free. We intend therefore, to request such interviews shortly. We are also asking other States to enable us to conduct interviews with former Iraqi scientists that now reside in those States.
Specific Issues
In the last few weeks, Iraq has provided a considerable volume of documentation relevant to the issues I reported earlier as being of particular concern, including Iraq's efforts to procure aluminium tubes, its attempted procurement of magnets and magnet production capabilities, and its reported attempt to import uranium. I will touch briefly on the progress made on each of these issues.
Uranium Enrichment
Since my last update to the Council, the primary technical focus of IAEA field activities in Iraq has been on resolving several outstanding issues related to the possible resumption of efforts by Iraq to enrich uranium through the use of centrifuges. For that purpose, the IAEA assembled a specially qualified team of international centrifuge manufacturing experts.
Aluminium tubes: The IAEA has conducted a thorough investigation of Iraq's attempts to purchase large quantities of high-strength aluminium tubes. As previously reported, Iraq has maintained that these aluminium tubes were sought for rocket production. Extensive field investigation and document analysis have failed to uncover any evidence that Iraq intended to use these 81mm tubes for any project other than the reverse engineering of rockets.
The Iraqi decision-making process with regard to the design of these rockets was well documented. Iraq has provided copies of design documents, procurement records, minutes of committee meetings and supporting data and samples. A thorough analysis of this information, together with information gathered from interviews with Iraqi personnel, has allowed the IAEA to develop a coherent picture of attempted purchases and intended usage of the 81mm aluminium tubes, as well as the rationale behind the changes in the tolerances.
Drawing on this information, the IAEA has learned that the original tolerances for the 81mm tubes were set prior to 1987, and were based on physical measurements taken from a small number of imported rockets in Iraq's possession. Initial attempts to reverse engineer the rockets met with little success. Tolerances were adjusted during the following years as part of ongoing efforts to revitalize the project and improve operational efficiency. The project languished for long periods during this time and became the subject of several committees, which resulted in specification and tolerance changes on each occasion.
Based on available evidence, the IAEA team has concluded that Iraq's efforts to import these aluminium tubes were not likely to have been related to the manufacture of centrifuges and, moreover, that it was highly unlikely that Iraq could have achieved the considerable re-design needed to use them in a revived centrifuge programme. However, this issue will continue to be scrutinized and investigated.
Magnets: With respect to reports about Iraq's efforts to import high-strength permanent magnets - or to achieve the capability for producing such magnets - for use in a centrifuge enrichment programme, I should note that, since 1998, Iraq has purchased high-strength magnets for various uses. Iraq has declared inventories of magnets of twelve different designs. The IAEA has verified that previously acquired magnets have been used for missile guidance systems, industrial machinery, electricity meters and field telephones. Through visits to research and production sites, reviews of engineering drawings and analyses of sample magnets, IAEA experts familiar with the use of such magnets in centrifuge enrichment have verified that none of the magnets that Iraq has declared could be used directly for a centrifuge magnetic bearing.
In June 2001, Iraq signed a contract for a new magnet production line, for delivery and installation in 2003. The delivery has not yet occurred, and Iraqi documentation and interviews of Iraqi personnel indicate that this contract will not be executed. However, the contract has been evaluated by the IAEA centrifuge enrichment experts. They have concluded the replacement of foreign procurement with domestic magnet production seems reasonable from an economic point of view. In addition, the training and experience acquired by Iraq in the pre-1991 period makes it likely that Iraq possesses the expertise to manufacture high-strength permanent magnets suitable for use in enrichment centrifuges. The IAEA will continue therefore to monitor and inspect equipment and materials that could be used to make magnets for enrichment centrifuges.
Flow forming capabilities: Iraq has used its relatively low-accuracy flow forming capability for the production of rocket parts in steel. Investigations in the field indicate that Iraq has recently started to flow form its own tubes in aluminium as well.
Based upon Iraqi documentation, experts' observations of Iraq's industrial capabilities and the IAEA's knowledge of Iraq's industrial assets - including the availability of raw materials - our assessment to date is that Iraq still possesses an abundance of high-strength aluminium materials procured during the 1980s, and has the expertise needed to produce pre-forms of high quality, but that it currently has low-quality flow forming equipment. In addition, Iraq's lack of experience and expertise in this field makes it highly unlikely that it is currently able to produce aluminium cylinders consistently to the tolerances required for centrifuge enrichment. Nevertheless, the IAEA will monitor all potentially capable machines and facilities using 24-hour camera surveillance, supported by a regime of unannounced inspections. The IAEA will also continue to assess the level of centrifuge-related expertise remaining in Iraq.
Uranium Acquisition
The IAEA has made progress in its investigation into reports that Iraq sought to buy uranium from Niger in recent years. The investigation was centred on documents provided by a number of States that pointed to an agreement between Niger and Iraq for the sale of uranium between 1999 and 2001.
The IAEA has discussed these reports with the Governments of Iraq and Niger, both of which have denied that any such activity took place. For its part, Iraq has provided the IAEA with a comprehensive explanation of its relations with Niger, and has described a visit by an Iraqi official to a number of African countries, including Niger, in February 1999, which Iraq thought might have given rise to the reports. The IAEA was also able to review correspondence coming from various bodies of the Government of Niger, and to compare the form, format, contents and signatures of that correspondence with those of the alleged procurement-related documentation.
Based on thorough analysis, the IAEA has concluded, with the concurrence of outside experts, that these documents - which formed the basis for the reports of recent uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger - are in fact not authentic. We have therefore concluded that these specific allegations are unfounded. However, we will continue to follow up any additional evidence, if it emerges, relevant to efforts by Iraq to illicitly import nuclear materials.
Procurement Patterns
Many concerns regarding Iraq's possible intention to resume its nuclear programme have arisen from Iraqi procurement efforts reported by a number of States. In addition, many of Iraq's efforts to procure commodities and products, including magnets and aluminium tubes, have been conducted in contravention of sanction controls specified under Security Council resolution 661 and other relevant resolutions.
The issue of procurement efforts remains under thorough investigation, and further verification will be forthcoming. An IAEA team of technical experts, customs investigators and computer forensic specialists is currently conducting a series of investigations, through inspections at trading companies and commercial organizations, aimed at understanding Iraq's patterns of procurement.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I am able to report today that, in the area of nuclear weapons - the most lethal weapons of mass destruction - inspections in Iraq are moving forward. Since the resumption of inspections a little over three months ago - and particularly during the three weeks since my last oral report to the Council - the IAEA has made important progress in identifying what nuclear-related capabilities remain in Iraq, and in its assessment of whether Iraq has made any efforts to revive its past nuclear programme during the intervening four years since inspections were brought to a halt. At this stage, the following can be stated:
There is no indication of resumed nuclear activities in those buildings that were identified through the use of satellite imagery as being reconstructed or newly erected since 1998, nor any indication of nuclear-related prohibited activities at any inspected sites.
There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import uranium since 1990.
There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import aluminium tubes for use in centrifuge enrichment. Moreover, even had Iraq pursued such a plan, it would have encountered practical difficulties in manufacturing centrifuges out of the aluminium tubes in question.
Although we are still reviewing issues related to magnets and magnet production, there is no indication to date that Iraq imported magnets for use in a centrifuge enrichment programme.
As I stated above, the IAEA will continue further to scrutinize and investigate all of the above issues.
After three months of intrusive inspections, we have to date found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq. We intend to continue our inspection activities, making use of all the additional rights granted to us by resolution 1441 and all additional tools that might be available to us, including reconnaissance platforms and all relevant technologies. We also hope to continue to receive from States actionable information relevant to our mandate. I should note that, in the past three weeks, possibly as a result of ever-increasing pressure by the international community, Iraq has been forthcoming in its co-operation, particularly with regard to the conduct of private interviews and in making available evidence that could contribute to the resolution of matters of IAEA concern. I do hope that Iraq will continue to expand the scope and accelerate the pace of its co-operation.
The detailed knowledge of Iraq's capabilities that IAEA experts have accumulated since 1991 - combined with the extended rights provided by resolution 1441, the active commitment by all States to help us fulfil our mandate, and the recently increased level of Iraqi co-operation - should enable us in the near future to provide the Security Council with an objective and thorough assessment of Iraq's nuclear-related capabilities. However credible this assessment may be, we will endeavour - in view of the inherent uncertainties associated with any verification process, and, particularly in light of Iraq's past record of co-operation - to evaluate Iraq's capabilities on a continuous basis as part of our long-term monitoring and verification programme, in order to provide the international community with ongoing and real time assurances.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Daily Kos/Research 2000 Poll
Daily Kos/Research 2000 Poll
Research 2000, MoE 2%, Jan 20, 2010 - Jan 31, 2010
QUESTION: In the 2010 Congressional elections wll you definitely vote, vote, not likely vote, or definitely will not vote?
DEF VOTE VOTE NOT LIKELY VOTE DEF NOT VOTE NOT SURE
All 41 42 8 5 4
Men 44 44 6 4 2
Women 38 40 10 6 6
White 42 43 7 4 4
Other/Ref 33 34 16 13 4
18-29 38 38 9 7 8
30-44 42 43 7 5 3
45-59 42 43 7 4 4
60+ 41 41 9 5 4
NE 38 40 12 6 4
South 43 43 6 4 4
MW 41 42 7 5 5
West 40 41 10 5 4
QUESTION: If the 2012 Primary for President were held today, which of the following would you vote for? (ROTATED):
Palin Romney Cheney Gingrich Huckabee Pawlenty Paul Thune Undecided
All 16 11 10 7 7 3 2 2 42
Men 14 10 12 8 7 3 3 2 41
Women 18 12 8 6 7 3 1 2 43
White 17 12 11 8 8 3 2 2 37
Other/Ref 8 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 80
18-29 15 10 9 6 5 2 3 1 49
30-44 16 11 10 7 7 3 2 2 42
45-59 16 11 10 7 8 4 2 2 40
60+ 16 11 11 7 7 3 1 2 42
NE 13 15 8 5 5 3 2 1 48
South 19 9 11 8 8 2 1 1 41
MW 14 11 10 7 7 5 2 4 40
West 14 12 10 7 7 3 3 1 43
Def 17 11 11 6 6 2 1 1 45
Vote 16 12 10 9 9 3 3 2 36
Not Like 15 10 9 6 6 3 3 3 45
Def Not 14 9 8 6 6 3 2 2 50
Not Sure 14 9 8 4 4 3 2 2 54
QUESTION: Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 39 32 29
Men 43 30 27
Women 35 34 31
White 40 31 29
Other/Ref 31 41 28
18-29 38 33 29
30-44 38 32 30
45-59 40 32 28
60+ 40 31 29
NE 34 35 31
South 42 29 29
MW 38 32 30
West 37 36 27
Def 40 31 29
Vote 39 32 29
Not Like 38 34 28
Def Not 37 35 28
Not Sure 37 35 28
QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?
NO YES NOT SURE
All 36 42 22
Men 39 37 24
Women 33 47 20
White 37 41 22
Other/Ref 28 51 21
18-29 38 39 23
30-44 38 41 21
45-59 35 43 22
60+ 34 43 23
NE 29 47 24
South 43 39 18
MW 33 43 24
West 31 44 25
Def 37 41 22
Vote 36 41 23
Not Like 35 45 20
Def Not 34 46 20
Not Sure 34 46 20
QUESTION: Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 63 21 16
Men 66 20 14
Women 60 22 18
White 64 20 16
Other/Ref 55 30 15
18-29 62 22 16
30-44 63 21 16
45-59 63 21 16
60+ 64 21 15
NE 57 25 18
South 67 18 15
MW 61 22 17
West 60 23 17
Def 64 20 16
Vote 63 21 16
Not Like 61 23 16
Def Not 60 24 16
Not Sure 60 25 15
QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama wants the terrorists to win?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 24 43 33
Men 27 41 32
Women 21 45 34
White 26 42 32
Other/Ref 9 51 40
18-29 23 44 33
30-44 24 43 33
45-59 24 43 33
60+ 24 42 34
NE 19 49 32
South 28 39 33
MW 22 44 34
West 21 46 33
Def 25 42 33
Vote 24 43 33
Not Like 22 44 34
Def Not 22 46 32
Not Sure 22 46 32
QUESTION: Do you believe ACORN stole the 2008 election?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 21 24 55
Men 23 22 55
Women 19 26 55
White 22 23 55
Other/Ref 7 42 51
18-29 19 25 56
30-44 24 24 52
45-59 21 24 55
60+ 19 23 58
NE 18 28 54
South 23 21 56
MW 20 25 55
West 19 27 54
Def 22 23 55
Vote 22 24 54
Not Like 19 25 56
Def Not 18 27 55
Not Sure 17 27 56
QUESTION: Do you believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Barack Obama?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 53 14 33
Men 55 13 32
Women 51 15 34
White 54 12 34
Other/Ref 45 31 24
18-29 52 16 32
30-44 53 14 33
45-59 53 14 33
60+ 53 13 34
NE 47 19 34
South 57 12 31
MW 52 14 34
West 50 16 34
Def 54 13 33
Vote 53 14 33
Not Like 52 15 33
Def Not 51 17 32
Not Sure 51 18 31
QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama is a racist who hates White people?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 31 36 33
Men 34 34 32
Women 27 38 35
White 33 35 32
Other/Ref 12 44 44
18-29 28 38 34
30-44 30 37 33
45-59 31 36 33
60+ 33 34 33
NE 27 40 33
South 35 33 32
MW 30 37 33
West 28 39 33
Def 32 35 33
Vote 31 36 33
Not Like 30 38 32
Def Not 29 39 32
Not Sure 30 39 31
QUESTION: Do you believe your state should secede from the United States?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 23 58 19
Men 27 56 17
Women 19 60 21
White 25 57 18
Other/Ref 7 66 27
18-29 21 60 19
30-44 22 60 18
45-59 24 56 20
60+ 23 58 19
NE 10 66 24
South 33 52 15
MW 18 61 21
West 16 63 21
Def 24 56 20
Vote 23 58 19
Not Like 21 61 18
Def Not 21 62 17
Not Sure 21 62 17
QUESTION: Should Congress make it easier for workers to form and join labor unions?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 7 68 25
Men 6 70 24
Women 8 66 26
White 6 71 23
Other/Ref 15 44 41
18-29 6 69 25
30-44 7 68 25
45-59 7 68 25
60+ 7 67 26
NE 11 64 25
South 5 71 24
MW 7 68 25
West 9 65 26
Def 6 69 25
Vote 7 68 25
Not Like 9 67 24
Def Not 9 67 24
Not Sure 9 67 24
QUESTION: Would you favor or oppose giving illegal immigrants now living in the United States the right to live here legally if they pay a fine and learn English?
FAVOR OPPOSE NOT SURE
All 26 59 15
Men 23 63 14
Women 29 55 16
White 24 61 15
Other/Ref 45 42 13
18-29 29 54 17
30-44 28 55 17
45-59 27 58 15
60+ 24 63 13
NE 33 53 14
South 23 63 14
MW 27 56 17
West 27 57 16
Def 24 60 16
Vote 27 59 14
Not Like 27 58 15
Def Not 28 57 15
Not Sure 28 57 15
QUESTION: Should openly gay men and women be allowed to serve in the military?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 26 55 19
Men 24 59 17
Women 30 51 21
White 26 55 19
Other/Ref 30 49 21
18-29 31 47 22
30-44 30 51 19
45-59 25 54 21
60+ 23 60 17
NE 32 49 19
South 23 60 17
MW 26 54 20
West 29 51 20
Def 25 56 19
Vote 26 55 19
Not Like 28 55 17
Def Not 29 52 19
Not Sure 29 52 19
QUESTION: Should same sex couples be allowed to marry?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 7 77 16
Men 4 80 16
Women 10 74 16
White 7 77 16
Other/Ref 7 75 18
18-29 11 74 15
30-44 9 75 16
45-59 7 77 16
60+ 5 78 17
NE 11 69 20
South 5 82 13
MW 6 78 16
West 10 70 20
Def 6 78 16
Vote 7 77 16
Not Like 9 76 15
Def Not 10 75 15
Not Sure 10 74 16
QUESTION: Should gay couples receive any state or federal benefits?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 11 68 21
Men 8 72 20
Women 14 64 22
White 11 69 20
Other/Ref 12 61 27
18-29 15 64 21
30-44 13 67 20
45-59 11 69 20
60+ 9 69 22
NE 17 61 22
South 9 73 18
MW 10 66 24
West 13 64 23
Def 10 69 21
Vote 10 68 22
Not Like 14 67 19
Def Not 16 66 18
Not Sure 15 66 19
QUESTION: Should openly gay men and women be allowed to teach in public schools?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 8 73 19
Men 7 77 16
Women 9 69 22
White 8 74 18
Other/Ref 9 66 25
18-29 9 71 20
30-44 8 73 19
45-59 8 73 19
60+ 7 74 19
NE 12 66 22
South 6 77 17
MW 8 74 18
West 10 68 22
Def 7 74 19
Vote 8 73 19
Not Like 10 72 18
Def Not 11 71 18
Not Sure 11 71 18
QUESTION: Should sex education be taught in the public schools?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 42 51 7
Men 41 51 8
Women 43 51 6
White 41 52 7
Other/Ref 50 43 7
18-29 47 46 7
30-44 44 48 8
45-59 43 52 5
60+ 39 53 8
NE 47 45 8
South 39 56 5
MW 41 50 9
West 45 46 9
Def 40 52 8
Vote 42 51 7
Not Like 45 49 6
Def Not 46 48 6
Not Sure 47 49 4
QUESTION: Should public school students be taught that the book of Genesis in the Bible explains how God created the world?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 77 15 8
Men 79 14 7
Women 75 16 9
White 79 13 8
Other/Ref 58 31 11
18-29 74 19 7
30-44 75 17 8
45-59 78 15 7
60+ 78 13 9
NE 70 23 7
South 82 9 9
MW 77 14 9
West 72 21 7
Def 78 14 8
Vote 77 15 8
Not Like 76 18 6
Def Not 75 19 6
Not Sure 75 19 6
QUESTION: Are marriages equal partnerships, or are men the leaders of their households?
MEN EQUAL NOT SURE
All 13 76 11
Men 15 75 10
Women 11 77 12
White 13 75 12
Other/Ref 12 82 6
18-29 11 79 10
30-44 12 77 11
45-59 13 76 11
60+ 14 75 11
NE 9 80 11
South 16 73 11
MW 13 75 12
West 10 79 11
Def 14 75 11
Vote 13 76 11
Not Like 12 78 10
Def Not 11 79 10
Not Sure 11 79 10
QUESTION: Should contraceptive use be outlawed?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 31 56 13
Men 32 54 14
Women 30 58 12
White 32 55 13
Other/Ref 22 64 14
18-29 27 64 9
30-44 29 60 11
45-59 31 56 13
60+ 33 53 14
NE 27 60 13
South 34 53 13
MW 29 55 16
West 29 59 12
Def 32 55 13
Vote 31 56 13
Not Like 30 58 12
Def Not 29 59 12
Not Sure 28 59 13
QUESTION: Do you believe the birth control pill is abortion?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 34 48 18
Men 36 47 17
Women 32 49 19
White 35 47 18
Other/Ref 26 57 17
18-29 31 54 15
30-44 33 51 16
45-59 34 47 19
60+ 36 46 18
NE 30 53 17
South 36 45 19
MW 34 47 19
West 32 51 17
Def 35 47 18
Vote 34 47 19
Not Like 33 51 16
Def Not 32 52 16
Not Sure 32 51 17
QUESTION: Do you consider abortion to be murder?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 76 8 16
Men 78 8 14
Women 74 8 18
White 77 8 15
Other/Ref 68 8 24
18-29 73 9 18
30-44 74 9 17
45-59 76 8 16
60+ 78 6 16
NE 72 11 17
South 78 6 16
MW 76 8 16
West 74 10 16
Def 77 7 16
Vote 76 8 16
Not Like 75 10 15
Def Not 74 11 15
Not Sure 73 11 16
QUESTION: Do you support the death penalty?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 91 4 5
Men 93 4 3
Women 89 4 7
White 91 4 5
Other/Ref 90 3 7
18-29 89 5 6
30-44 90 4 6
45-59 91 4 5
60+ 92 4 4
NE 88 5 7
South 93 3 4
MW 91 4 5
West 89 4 7
Def 92 3 5
Vote 90 4 6
Not Like 90 6 4
Def Not 90 6 4
Not Sure 90 6 4
QUESTION: Should women work outside the home?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 86 4 10
Men 84 5 11
Women 88 3 9
White 85 4 11
Other/Ref 94 3 3
18-29 91 3 6
30-44 88 4 8
45-59 86 4 10
60+ 83 5 12
NE 91 3 6
South 84 5 11
MW 85 4 11
West 88 3 9
Def 85 5 10
Vote 86 4 10
Not Like 88 3 9
Def Not 89 2 9
Not Sure 89 2 9
QUESTION: Do you believe that the only way for an individual to go to heaven is though Jesus Christ, or can one make it to heaven through another faith?
CHRIST OTHER NOT SURE
All 67 15 18
Men 69 14 17
Women 65 16 19
White 70 13 17
Other/Ref 42 34 24
18-29 62 21 17
30-44 64 18 18
45-59 67 15 18
60+ 70 12 18
NE 63 20 17
South 70 11 19
MW 66 17 17
West 65 18 17
Def 68 14 18
Vote 67 14 19
Not Like 66 18 16
Def Not 65 19 16
Not Sure 66 18 16
Demographics
MEN 1125 56%
WOMEN 878 44%
WHITE 1787 89%
OTHER/REF 216 11%
18-29 178 9%
30-44 418 21%
45-59 664 33%
60+ 743 37%
NE 217 11%
SOUTH 846 42%
MW 437 22%
WEST 503 25%
Methodology
DKOS REPUBLICAN POLL 2010
The Daily Kos Republican Poll was conducted by Research 2000 from January 20 through January 31, 2010. A total of 2003 self identified Republicans were interviewed nationally by telephone. Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers, nationally.
The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 2% percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if the entire self identified Republican population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any demographic subgroup, such as for gender or region.
GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN:
Northeast:
DC, ME, VT, NY, MD, PA, CT, DE, MA, NH, RI, WV, NJ
South:
FL, NC, SC, AL, MS, GA, VA, TN, KY, LA, AR, TX
Midwest:
IL, MN, MI, OH, WI, IA, MO, KS, IN, ND, SD, OK, NE
West:
NM, CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, MT, ID, UT, NV, AZ, WY, CO
Research 2000, MoE 2%, Jan 20, 2010 - Jan 31, 2010
QUESTION: In the 2010 Congressional elections wll you definitely vote, vote, not likely vote, or definitely will not vote?
DEF VOTE VOTE NOT LIKELY VOTE DEF NOT VOTE NOT SURE
All 41 42 8 5 4
Men 44 44 6 4 2
Women 38 40 10 6 6
White 42 43 7 4 4
Other/Ref 33 34 16 13 4
18-29 38 38 9 7 8
30-44 42 43 7 5 3
45-59 42 43 7 4 4
60+ 41 41 9 5 4
NE 38 40 12 6 4
South 43 43 6 4 4
MW 41 42 7 5 5
West 40 41 10 5 4
QUESTION: If the 2012 Primary for President were held today, which of the following would you vote for? (ROTATED):
Palin Romney Cheney Gingrich Huckabee Pawlenty Paul Thune Undecided
All 16 11 10 7 7 3 2 2 42
Men 14 10 12 8 7 3 3 2 41
Women 18 12 8 6 7 3 1 2 43
White 17 12 11 8 8 3 2 2 37
Other/Ref 8 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 80
18-29 15 10 9 6 5 2 3 1 49
30-44 16 11 10 7 7 3 2 2 42
45-59 16 11 10 7 8 4 2 2 40
60+ 16 11 11 7 7 3 1 2 42
NE 13 15 8 5 5 3 2 1 48
South 19 9 11 8 8 2 1 1 41
MW 14 11 10 7 7 5 2 4 40
West 14 12 10 7 7 3 3 1 43
Def 17 11 11 6 6 2 1 1 45
Vote 16 12 10 9 9 3 3 2 36
Not Like 15 10 9 6 6 3 3 3 45
Def Not 14 9 8 6 6 3 2 2 50
Not Sure 14 9 8 4 4 3 2 2 54
QUESTION: Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 39 32 29
Men 43 30 27
Women 35 34 31
White 40 31 29
Other/Ref 31 41 28
18-29 38 33 29
30-44 38 32 30
45-59 40 32 28
60+ 40 31 29
NE 34 35 31
South 42 29 29
MW 38 32 30
West 37 36 27
Def 40 31 29
Vote 39 32 29
Not Like 38 34 28
Def Not 37 35 28
Not Sure 37 35 28
QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?
NO YES NOT SURE
All 36 42 22
Men 39 37 24
Women 33 47 20
White 37 41 22
Other/Ref 28 51 21
18-29 38 39 23
30-44 38 41 21
45-59 35 43 22
60+ 34 43 23
NE 29 47 24
South 43 39 18
MW 33 43 24
West 31 44 25
Def 37 41 22
Vote 36 41 23
Not Like 35 45 20
Def Not 34 46 20
Not Sure 34 46 20
QUESTION: Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 63 21 16
Men 66 20 14
Women 60 22 18
White 64 20 16
Other/Ref 55 30 15
18-29 62 22 16
30-44 63 21 16
45-59 63 21 16
60+ 64 21 15
NE 57 25 18
South 67 18 15
MW 61 22 17
West 60 23 17
Def 64 20 16
Vote 63 21 16
Not Like 61 23 16
Def Not 60 24 16
Not Sure 60 25 15
QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama wants the terrorists to win?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 24 43 33
Men 27 41 32
Women 21 45 34
White 26 42 32
Other/Ref 9 51 40
18-29 23 44 33
30-44 24 43 33
45-59 24 43 33
60+ 24 42 34
NE 19 49 32
South 28 39 33
MW 22 44 34
West 21 46 33
Def 25 42 33
Vote 24 43 33
Not Like 22 44 34
Def Not 22 46 32
Not Sure 22 46 32
QUESTION: Do you believe ACORN stole the 2008 election?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 21 24 55
Men 23 22 55
Women 19 26 55
White 22 23 55
Other/Ref 7 42 51
18-29 19 25 56
30-44 24 24 52
45-59 21 24 55
60+ 19 23 58
NE 18 28 54
South 23 21 56
MW 20 25 55
West 19 27 54
Def 22 23 55
Vote 22 24 54
Not Like 19 25 56
Def Not 18 27 55
Not Sure 17 27 56
QUESTION: Do you believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Barack Obama?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 53 14 33
Men 55 13 32
Women 51 15 34
White 54 12 34
Other/Ref 45 31 24
18-29 52 16 32
30-44 53 14 33
45-59 53 14 33
60+ 53 13 34
NE 47 19 34
South 57 12 31
MW 52 14 34
West 50 16 34
Def 54 13 33
Vote 53 14 33
Not Like 52 15 33
Def Not 51 17 32
Not Sure 51 18 31
QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama is a racist who hates White people?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 31 36 33
Men 34 34 32
Women 27 38 35
White 33 35 32
Other/Ref 12 44 44
18-29 28 38 34
30-44 30 37 33
45-59 31 36 33
60+ 33 34 33
NE 27 40 33
South 35 33 32
MW 30 37 33
West 28 39 33
Def 32 35 33
Vote 31 36 33
Not Like 30 38 32
Def Not 29 39 32
Not Sure 30 39 31
QUESTION: Do you believe your state should secede from the United States?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 23 58 19
Men 27 56 17
Women 19 60 21
White 25 57 18
Other/Ref 7 66 27
18-29 21 60 19
30-44 22 60 18
45-59 24 56 20
60+ 23 58 19
NE 10 66 24
South 33 52 15
MW 18 61 21
West 16 63 21
Def 24 56 20
Vote 23 58 19
Not Like 21 61 18
Def Not 21 62 17
Not Sure 21 62 17
QUESTION: Should Congress make it easier for workers to form and join labor unions?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 7 68 25
Men 6 70 24
Women 8 66 26
White 6 71 23
Other/Ref 15 44 41
18-29 6 69 25
30-44 7 68 25
45-59 7 68 25
60+ 7 67 26
NE 11 64 25
South 5 71 24
MW 7 68 25
West 9 65 26
Def 6 69 25
Vote 7 68 25
Not Like 9 67 24
Def Not 9 67 24
Not Sure 9 67 24
QUESTION: Would you favor or oppose giving illegal immigrants now living in the United States the right to live here legally if they pay a fine and learn English?
FAVOR OPPOSE NOT SURE
All 26 59 15
Men 23 63 14
Women 29 55 16
White 24 61 15
Other/Ref 45 42 13
18-29 29 54 17
30-44 28 55 17
45-59 27 58 15
60+ 24 63 13
NE 33 53 14
South 23 63 14
MW 27 56 17
West 27 57 16
Def 24 60 16
Vote 27 59 14
Not Like 27 58 15
Def Not 28 57 15
Not Sure 28 57 15
QUESTION: Should openly gay men and women be allowed to serve in the military?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 26 55 19
Men 24 59 17
Women 30 51 21
White 26 55 19
Other/Ref 30 49 21
18-29 31 47 22
30-44 30 51 19
45-59 25 54 21
60+ 23 60 17
NE 32 49 19
South 23 60 17
MW 26 54 20
West 29 51 20
Def 25 56 19
Vote 26 55 19
Not Like 28 55 17
Def Not 29 52 19
Not Sure 29 52 19
QUESTION: Should same sex couples be allowed to marry?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 7 77 16
Men 4 80 16
Women 10 74 16
White 7 77 16
Other/Ref 7 75 18
18-29 11 74 15
30-44 9 75 16
45-59 7 77 16
60+ 5 78 17
NE 11 69 20
South 5 82 13
MW 6 78 16
West 10 70 20
Def 6 78 16
Vote 7 77 16
Not Like 9 76 15
Def Not 10 75 15
Not Sure 10 74 16
QUESTION: Should gay couples receive any state or federal benefits?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 11 68 21
Men 8 72 20
Women 14 64 22
White 11 69 20
Other/Ref 12 61 27
18-29 15 64 21
30-44 13 67 20
45-59 11 69 20
60+ 9 69 22
NE 17 61 22
South 9 73 18
MW 10 66 24
West 13 64 23
Def 10 69 21
Vote 10 68 22
Not Like 14 67 19
Def Not 16 66 18
Not Sure 15 66 19
QUESTION: Should openly gay men and women be allowed to teach in public schools?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 8 73 19
Men 7 77 16
Women 9 69 22
White 8 74 18
Other/Ref 9 66 25
18-29 9 71 20
30-44 8 73 19
45-59 8 73 19
60+ 7 74 19
NE 12 66 22
South 6 77 17
MW 8 74 18
West 10 68 22
Def 7 74 19
Vote 8 73 19
Not Like 10 72 18
Def Not 11 71 18
Not Sure 11 71 18
QUESTION: Should sex education be taught in the public schools?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 42 51 7
Men 41 51 8
Women 43 51 6
White 41 52 7
Other/Ref 50 43 7
18-29 47 46 7
30-44 44 48 8
45-59 43 52 5
60+ 39 53 8
NE 47 45 8
South 39 56 5
MW 41 50 9
West 45 46 9
Def 40 52 8
Vote 42 51 7
Not Like 45 49 6
Def Not 46 48 6
Not Sure 47 49 4
QUESTION: Should public school students be taught that the book of Genesis in the Bible explains how God created the world?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 77 15 8
Men 79 14 7
Women 75 16 9
White 79 13 8
Other/Ref 58 31 11
18-29 74 19 7
30-44 75 17 8
45-59 78 15 7
60+ 78 13 9
NE 70 23 7
South 82 9 9
MW 77 14 9
West 72 21 7
Def 78 14 8
Vote 77 15 8
Not Like 76 18 6
Def Not 75 19 6
Not Sure 75 19 6
QUESTION: Are marriages equal partnerships, or are men the leaders of their households?
MEN EQUAL NOT SURE
All 13 76 11
Men 15 75 10
Women 11 77 12
White 13 75 12
Other/Ref 12 82 6
18-29 11 79 10
30-44 12 77 11
45-59 13 76 11
60+ 14 75 11
NE 9 80 11
South 16 73 11
MW 13 75 12
West 10 79 11
Def 14 75 11
Vote 13 76 11
Not Like 12 78 10
Def Not 11 79 10
Not Sure 11 79 10
QUESTION: Should contraceptive use be outlawed?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 31 56 13
Men 32 54 14
Women 30 58 12
White 32 55 13
Other/Ref 22 64 14
18-29 27 64 9
30-44 29 60 11
45-59 31 56 13
60+ 33 53 14
NE 27 60 13
South 34 53 13
MW 29 55 16
West 29 59 12
Def 32 55 13
Vote 31 56 13
Not Like 30 58 12
Def Not 29 59 12
Not Sure 28 59 13
QUESTION: Do you believe the birth control pill is abortion?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 34 48 18
Men 36 47 17
Women 32 49 19
White 35 47 18
Other/Ref 26 57 17
18-29 31 54 15
30-44 33 51 16
45-59 34 47 19
60+ 36 46 18
NE 30 53 17
South 36 45 19
MW 34 47 19
West 32 51 17
Def 35 47 18
Vote 34 47 19
Not Like 33 51 16
Def Not 32 52 16
Not Sure 32 51 17
QUESTION: Do you consider abortion to be murder?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 76 8 16
Men 78 8 14
Women 74 8 18
White 77 8 15
Other/Ref 68 8 24
18-29 73 9 18
30-44 74 9 17
45-59 76 8 16
60+ 78 6 16
NE 72 11 17
South 78 6 16
MW 76 8 16
West 74 10 16
Def 77 7 16
Vote 76 8 16
Not Like 75 10 15
Def Not 74 11 15
Not Sure 73 11 16
QUESTION: Do you support the death penalty?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 91 4 5
Men 93 4 3
Women 89 4 7
White 91 4 5
Other/Ref 90 3 7
18-29 89 5 6
30-44 90 4 6
45-59 91 4 5
60+ 92 4 4
NE 88 5 7
South 93 3 4
MW 91 4 5
West 89 4 7
Def 92 3 5
Vote 90 4 6
Not Like 90 6 4
Def Not 90 6 4
Not Sure 90 6 4
QUESTION: Should women work outside the home?
YES NO NOT SURE
All 86 4 10
Men 84 5 11
Women 88 3 9
White 85 4 11
Other/Ref 94 3 3
18-29 91 3 6
30-44 88 4 8
45-59 86 4 10
60+ 83 5 12
NE 91 3 6
South 84 5 11
MW 85 4 11
West 88 3 9
Def 85 5 10
Vote 86 4 10
Not Like 88 3 9
Def Not 89 2 9
Not Sure 89 2 9
QUESTION: Do you believe that the only way for an individual to go to heaven is though Jesus Christ, or can one make it to heaven through another faith?
CHRIST OTHER NOT SURE
All 67 15 18
Men 69 14 17
Women 65 16 19
White 70 13 17
Other/Ref 42 34 24
18-29 62 21 17
30-44 64 18 18
45-59 67 15 18
60+ 70 12 18
NE 63 20 17
South 70 11 19
MW 66 17 17
West 65 18 17
Def 68 14 18
Vote 67 14 19
Not Like 66 18 16
Def Not 65 19 16
Not Sure 66 18 16
Demographics
MEN 1125 56%
WOMEN 878 44%
WHITE 1787 89%
OTHER/REF 216 11%
18-29 178 9%
30-44 418 21%
45-59 664 33%
60+ 743 37%
NE 217 11%
SOUTH 846 42%
MW 437 22%
WEST 503 25%
Methodology
DKOS REPUBLICAN POLL 2010
The Daily Kos Republican Poll was conducted by Research 2000 from January 20 through January 31, 2010. A total of 2003 self identified Republicans were interviewed nationally by telephone. Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers, nationally.
The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 2% percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the "true" figure would fall within that range if the entire self identified Republican population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any demographic subgroup, such as for gender or region.
GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN:
Northeast:
DC, ME, VT, NY, MD, PA, CT, DE, MA, NH, RI, WV, NJ
South:
FL, NC, SC, AL, MS, GA, VA, TN, KY, LA, AR, TX
Midwest:
IL, MN, MI, OH, WI, IA, MO, KS, IN, ND, SD, OK, NE
West:
NM, CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, MT, ID, UT, NV, AZ, WY, CO
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