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Armed Forces: Detainees

Answer

[holding answer 3 March 2009]: The following table lists the detainees that have died while within the custody of the UK in Iraq. Where known, the official cause of death is included. However, burial is often within 24 hours in accordance with religious custom, preventing a post mortem from occurring.

Operation Telic
Date of death	Name of deceased	Post Mortem Cause of Death
12 April 2003	Tanik Mahmud	Not established
8 May 2003	Ahmed Jabber Kareem	Drowned
8 May 2003	Radhi Nama (Radhi Nu'ma Jaber)	Heart Attack
17 May 2003	Abd Al Jubba Mousa Ali	Not established
24 May 2003	Said Shabram	Not established
7 August 2003	AJKhalif	Not established
15 September 2003	Baha Mousa	Asphyxia
10 April 2004	Unknown	Not established

Those Afghans involved in engagements with coalition or Afghan forces who died within a UK facility in Afghanistan from the wounds they sustained in these engagements are listed in the following table. Despite our best efforts, these eight individuals did not survive what were life-threatening injuries. No detainees have died while in a UK detention facility in Afghanistan.

Operation Herrick
Date of death	Name of deceased	Post Mortem Cause of Death
13 January 2007	Unknown	Not established
5 April 2007	Haji Mohammad	Not established
5 April 2007	Ghos Mohammad	Not established
30 April 2007	Unknown	Not established
3 July 2007	Hadi Abdul	Not established
15 July 2007	Sardar Mohammed	Not established
5 December 2007	Abdul Ahad	Not established
8 September2008	Unknown	Not established

To the best of our knowledge this is a complete record. My predecessor's statement to the House on 26 February reported on detention records in Afghanistan since the deployment of Task Force Helmand in July 2006 and on detention records in Iraq from 15 December 2003 onwards. Most of the fatalities listed above for Iraq occurred before 15 December and so were not covered in that statement. It is also possible that incidents that occurred before 15 December 2003 in Iraq are not captured in our records.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

496 c1183W; 260499

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Detainees Armed forces Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan

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