Leadership Failure | Human Rights Watch

Firsthand Accounts of Torture of Iraqi Detainees by the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division

September 23, 2005

This report provides soldiers' accounts of abuses against detainees committed by troops of the 82nd Airborne stationed at Forward Operating Base Mercury (FOB Mercury), near Fallujah.

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ISBN: G1703

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Leadership Failure
I. Summary
II. Account of Sergeant A, 82nd Airborne Division
III. Account of Sergeant B, 82nd Airborne Division
IV. Account of Officer C, 82nd Airborne Division
V. Conclusion