(CRIMINAL EVENT) MURDER RPT HADITHA SWAT : 1 UE KIA Date: 2009-05-26 Time: 00:12 A.

MISSION/OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM VI / CJSOTF-AP B. WHO: MAJOR ABBAS MOHAMMED ARDANI (HADITHAH SWAT CDR) C. WHAT: ALLEGEDLY TRANSFERRED A HADITHA SWAT PRISONER TO FACILITATE EJK. (MNC-I CCIR #8) D. WHERE: 38S KC 57632 80544, HADITHAH DISTRICT IP STATION E. WHEN: 26MAY2009 F. WHY: MAJ ABBAS (SWAT CDR) HAD PERSONAL GRIEVANCES WITH THE PRISONER. G. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: ON 25MAY09, MAJOR ABBAS (SWAT CDR) AND COL FARUQ (DCOP) TOLD NSWDET-7D1 LEADERSHIP THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DELIVER TWO DETAINEES TO AL HADR IN THE NORTH BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE ON THE TWO DETAINEES IN AL HADR THAN IN HADITHAH. WHILE TRAVELLlNG NORTH, MAJ ABBAS ORDERED HIS CONVOY TO PULL OVER AND TRANSFER THE TWO DETAINEES TO HIS UNCLE AND FOUR BROTHERS. ACCORDING TO COL FARUQ, THE AL HADR IP FOUND ONE OF THE DETAINEES DECAPITATED AND THE OTHER WAS RELEASED BY MAJ ABBAS' FAMILY MEMBERS. MAJ ABBAS IS CURRENTLY IN IP CUSTODY.OVER A YEAR AGO MAJ ABBAS WAS RELIEVED AS HADITHAH SWAT CDR DUE TO HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE RAPING OF A FEMALE LOCAL NATIONAL. THE BEHEADED

DETAINEE IS REPORTED TO BE THE BROTHER OF THE RAPED FEMALE WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED MAJ ABBAS' BROTHER IN RETALIATION FOR THE RAPING OF HIS SISTER. Closed 090530 Tracking Number: 20090526000038SKC Reporting Unit: CJSOTFAP J3 Region: MNF-W (Ed. Note: Reformatted for ease of reading.)