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-- hung sheets to obstruct viewing into their cells;
-- stuffed rags down their throats to choke;
-- tied their hands and feet together;
-- hung the noose from the metal mesh of the cell wall or ceiling;
-- climbed on a sink, placed the noose around their necks, released their weight, and were strangled; and
-- did all this unobserved for two or more hours.
Yassar Talal Al Zahrani, Mani Shaman Turki Al Habardi Al Tabi, and Ali Abdullah Ahmed were the victims, called suicides by the military within hours as investigations were beginning. Over two years later they were released under court order. Heavily redacted, they were called a coordinated suicide, acts of "asymmetrical warfare" against America.
CP&R findings disagreed, said the investigation was "severely flawed" and the conclusions not supported by the evidence. Seven weeks after the Center's report, a DOD statement referred to "factual errors" in it. Yet their "assertions are as flawed as the infirm investigation they seek to defend."
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