Leadership Failure
Firsthand Accounts of Torture of Iraqi Detainees by the U.S. Army’s 82^nd Airborne Division

Audio Commentary: Tom Malinowski, Washington Director of Human Rights Watch   (Broadcast Quality) Leadership Failure    The Abuses    US Army Officer    Mc Cain Amendment    Captain Ian Fishback has given us permission to state that he is the captain referenced in our report in light of the subsequent revelation of his name by Congressional offices. Related Material Download pdf file of this report (30 pages, 245 Kb) Download Summary and Recommendations of this report in Arabic (6 pages, 195 Kb) Purchase a printed version of this report More on Human Rights Watch's work on Torture and Abuse More on Human Rights Watch's work on Iraq More on Human Rights Watch's work on the United States

I. Summary

II. Account of Sergeant A, 82^nd Airborne Division

III. Account of Sergeant B, 82^nd Airborne Division

IV. Account of Officer C, 82^nd Airborne Division

On Conditions at FOB Mercury
On Frustration Obtaining a Meaningful Response within the Military Chain of Command
On Policy Confusion within the Ranks on Coercive Interrogation
On the Implications of the Abu Ghraib Abuse Revelations in April 2004
On Failure of the Officer Corps
On the Role of “OGA”

V. Conclusion

September 2005   Vol. 17, No. 3(G)