THE TAGUBA REPORT

The full text of the military investigation is now online. Bottom line:

6.- (S) I find that the intentional abuse of detainees by military police personnel included the following acts:
a.- (S) Punching, slapping, and kicking detainees; jumping on their naked feet;
b.–(S) Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees;
c.- (S) Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing;
d.- (S) Forcing detainees to remove their clothing and keeping them naked for several days at a time;
e.- (S) Forcing naked male detainees to wear women’s underwear;
f.—(S) Forcing groups of male detainees to masturbate themselves while being photographed and videotaped;
g.- (S) Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them;
h.- (S) Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box, with a sandbag on his head, and attaching wires to his fingers, toes, and penis to simulate electric torture;
i.—(S) Writing “I am a Rapest”- (sic) on the leg of a detainee alleged to have forcibly raped a 15-year old fellow detainee, and then photographing him naked;
j.—(S) Placing a dog chain or strap around a naked detainee’s neck and having a female Soldier pose for a picture;
k.- (S) A male MP guard having sex with a female detainee;
l.– (S) Using military working dogs (without muzzles) to intimidate and frighten detainees, and in at least one case biting and severely injuring a detainee;
m. (S) Taking photographs of dead Iraqi detainees.

It renders one speechless.