Torture Deaths

The Busheviks have done a brilliant job of bamboozling Americans about the brutality of their torture methods. But there's one thing that can't be bamboozled, and that's when torture results in death.

How many prisoners have been tortured to death? The Pentagon counts 34 homicides, while Human Rights Watch counts 45.

What are their names? I have not found a complete list; below are the best sources I can find.

Much of the documentation comes from FOIA requests filed in October 2003 by the ACLU and New York Civil Liberties Union, along with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Physicians for Human Rights, Veterans for Common Sense, and Veterans for Peace

On 10/24/05, the ACLU released a list of 70 deaths (without names) based on autopsy reports. Of those, 14 are classified as "homicide," including this prisoner from Helmand Province, Afghanistan:

Death caused by the multiple blunt force injuries of the lower torso and legs complicated by rhabdommyolisis (release of toxic byproducs into the system due to destruction of muscle). Manner of death is homicide.

In February 2006, Human Rights First documented 20 deaths, providing photos and in-depth articles on each:

Abd Hamad Mowhoush
Abdul Jaleel
Abdul Wali
Abed Mohammed Najem
Dilar Dababa
Dilawar 
Fashad Mohammed
Hadi Abdul Hussain Hasson al-Zubaidy
Jamal Naseer
Jassim Al-Obodi
Manadel al-Jamadi
Mohammed Munim al-Izmerly 
Mohammed Sayari 
Mullah Habibullah
Nagem Sadun Hatab
Nasef Ibrahim
Obeed Hethere Rada
Sajid Kadhim Bori al-Bawi
Sher Mohammed Kham
Zaidoun Hassoun

On 4/27/06, the ACLU documented 24 deaths, of which 9 were not included in the HRF report (*) and 3 more were unknown:

Abd Hamad Mowhoush (smothering)
Abdul Jaleel (blunt force injuries and asphyxia)
*Abdul Wahid (blunt force injuries)
Abdul Wali (blunt force injuries)
*Abu Malik Kenami (hypothermia)
Dilar Dababa (blunt force injuries)
Dilawar (blunt force injuries)
*Hamaady Kareem (gunshot)
Jamal Naseer (blunt force injuries)
*Karim Hassan (gunshot)
Manadel al-Jamadi (blunt force injuries)
Mohammed Munim al-Izmerly (blunt force injuries)
Mohammed Sayari (blunt force injuries)
*Muhamad Husain Kadir (gunshot)
Mullah Habibullah (blunt force injuries)
Nagem Sadun Hatab (strangulation)
*Naser Ismail (gunshot)
*Qassim Hassan (gunshot)
*Tahah Ahmead Hanjil (gunshot)
*Thaher Khaleefa Ahmed (gunshot)
Unknown (gunshot)
Unknown (hypothermia)
Unknown (hypothermia)
Zaidoun Hassoun (drowning)

On 5/14/08, the ACLU obtained Navy Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) investigations, which included the first mention of Hemdan El Gashame. 

The NCIS document contains new information about the deaths of some of these prisoners, including details about Farhad Mohamed, who had contusions under his eyes and the bottom of his chin, a swollen nose, cuts and large bumps on his forehead when he died in Mosul in 2004. The document also includes details about Naem Sadoon Hatab, a 52-year-old Iraqi man who was strangled to death at the Whitehorse detainment facility in Nasiriyah in June 2003; the shooting death of Hemdan El Gashame in Nasiriyah in March 2003; and the death of Manadel Jamadi during an interrogation after his head was beaten with a stove at Abu Ghraib in November 2003.

The addition of El Gashame brings the total list of identified torture deaths to 30 along with 3 unidentified deaths. Here is a unique list:

Abd Hamad Mowhoush	smothering
Abdul Jaleel	blunt force injuries and asphyxia
Abdul Wahid	blunt force injuries
Abdul Wali	blunt force injuries
Abed Mohammed Najem
Abu Malik Kenami	hypothermia
Dilar Dababa	blunt force injuries
Dilawar	blunt force injuries
Fashad Mohammed (Farhad Mohamed?)	blunt force injuries
Hadi Abdul Hussain Hasson al-Zubaidy
Hamaady Kareem	gunshot
Hemdan El Gashame	gunshot
Jamal Naseer	blunt force injuries
Jassim Al-Obodi
Karim Hassan	gunshot
Manadel al-Jamadi	blunt force injuries
Mohammed Munim al-Izmerly	blunt force injuries
Mohammed Sayari	blunt force injuries
Muhamad Husain Kadir	gunshot
Mullah Habibullah	blunt force injuries
Nagem Sadun Hatab (Naem Sadoon Hatab?)	strangulation
Nasef Ibrahim
Naser Ismail	gunshot
Obeed Hethere Rada
Qassim Hassan	gunshot
Sajid Kadhim Bori al-Bawi
Sher Mohammed Kham
Tahah Ahmead Hanjil	gunshot
Thaher Khaleefa Ahmed	gunshot
Unknown	gunshot
Unknown	hypothermia
Unknown	hypothermia
Zaidoun Hassoun	drowning