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Allegations transmitted
Omar Khalil Abed, aged 30, and Shaker
Mahmoud Ali, aged 66, all of Baghdad, were
detained by members of the Al-Mehdi Army
following the bombing of two Shiite shrines in
Samara on 22 February 2006. On 23 February
2006, their bodies were found dumped in the
Kasra-Wattash District, Baghdad, bearing signs of
torture. Ahmed Shaker’s left eye was missing, his
back appeared to be burned by an iron, and his
body bore puncture wounds made by a power
drill. Omar Khalil’s neck exhibited power drill
injuries; and Shakir Mahmoud had marks
indicative of beatings. Mosa’b Abdul Sattar
Abdul Jabbar, aged 25, member of a counseling
committee at the Muslim Scholars’ Foundation,
Baghdad, was deprived of his freedom by men
riding in three cars belonging to the Ministry of
Interior on his way to Al-Tasfeerat (the Iraqi Police
Center), where he was going to visit one of the
detainees. On 30 May 2006, the body of Mosa’b
Abdul Sattar was found in the Medico-Legal
Institute bearing signs of torture: acid burns on his
face and body and power drill holes on his legs. It
seems also that his head was squeezed with a
metal compressor until his eyes came out of their
sockets. In none of the above cases have
investigations led to the arrest of the suspected
perpetrators and the initiation of criminal
proceedings against them, nor has any of the
victims’ families received compensation.
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