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The
Killing of Yussif Hassan Ibrahim |
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Background - Kirkuk, October 31st,
2005 November 2nd, 2005 - Findings Report by the U.S.
Department of the Army “[…] On 31 October 05, I was appointed as the AR
15-6 Investigating Officer responsible for investigating the circumstances
surrounding the shooting of an Iraqi civilian on 31 October 05 in the city of
Kirkuk by members of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry
Regiment. I present these findings having interviewed the gunner who was directly
responsible for the shooting, four soldiers from his platoon, and personally evaluating
the incident site. “Prior to movement from FOB Warrior [redacted]
briefed the MNCI Rules of Engagement (ROE) to the convoy and [redacted]
briefed the standards for Escalation of Force required for the uipcoming
patrol. [redacted] briefed the ROE in accordance with CFLCC/MNCI smart cards.
Prior to moving out, the patrol received an intelligence report stating to be
on the lookout for a possible Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
(SVBIED) in the form of a dark blue Opel. The convoy planned to travel to K1,
meet with their IA counterpart company, and the[n] return to FOB Warrior. “Upon completion of the mission at K1, the Charlie
Company convoy began its movement back to FOB warrior at approximately 1645
traveling south along Route Dodge. The illumination was natural, given that
there were no streetlights in the area. The vehicle in question, Bumper
Number C14, was occupied with a crew from vehicle C16. Their vehicle was hit the
previous day by an IED. It was the lead vehicle in the convoy. The crew of
C16 consisted of the driver, [redacted], the TC, [redacted], the gunner, [redacted],
the Platoon RTO, [redacted] and their interpreter, [redacted]. “During movement the convoy experienced some traffic
vicinity of [redacted]. At this time [?] responded in accordance with one of
their established TTPs by slowing down, flashing their lights and honking
their horn. Both the driver and gunner motioned for the vehicles to pull off
to the sides of the road. The local vehicles adhered, and began to pull of
onto the shoulders of the two lane road. The shoulders of the road are at
least one vehicle wide, allowing for more than enough room for traffic to
shift over. “Most of the vehicles in the oncoming lane pulled
off on to the shoulder of the road. If they did not pull completely onto the
shoulder, they at least stopped moving and turned on their blinkers. As
vehicles were pulling off the road, [redacted] and [redacted], all observed a
car attempting to bypass the others. While the bypassing car was four to five
vehicles ahead of C16, they noticed that it was a dark colored Opel similar
to the description given during the morning’s intelligence report. At the
same time, another white vehicle swerved back onto the road and attempted to
continue driving. [redacted] and [redacted] again signaled for these vehicles
to pull off over off the road. [redacted], while standing up in the turret,
signaled for both vehicles to pull over using a chem light that he was waving
and by shouting at the vehicle. The white vehicle adhered and pulled back of[f]
the road in front of the dark Opel, but the dark Opel never pulled off.
Rather he continued towards C16 in what appeared to be a collision course.
None of the C16 crew members were able to see any of the occupants of the
oncoming vehicle. As the Opel continued on towards him, [redacted] continued
to yell and then threw his chem light in the direction of the vehicle’s path.
The Opel continued towards C16 and it was at this time that [redacted]
charged his weapon and oriented at the vehicle[‘]s hood. The Opel still did
not change its course and appeared to be accelerating. The vehicle continued
closer and closer until finally [redacted] decided that the vehicle appeared
to be getting too close and did not think it was going to stop. Though he had
an M9 9mm pistol as an alterante weapon, [he] did not use it. Instead, at
approximately 20 meters away, [redacted] fired a single round from his M2 at
the dark Opel. It impacted high on the driver’s side windshield and hit the
driver in his right shoulder. Although [redacted] had been communicating with
the driver to continue to flash his lights and honk his horn and pull off to
the side of the road, he never gave any command to the gunner regarding
engaging the vehicle. “The drivers name was Yussif Hassan Ibrahim; the
other occupants of the car were his wife and two chldren. After engaging, C16
continued down the road for approximately two hundred meters when [redacted] called
over his Icom radio to tell the convoy [t]hat they were turning around. When
the HMMWV reached the now disabled vehicle, Yussif Hassan Ibrahim had already
been taken out of the vehicle and moved approximately 20 meters away. Mr. Ibrahim
was then taken to about 15m off the road to the 1/C/2-327 IN medic, [redacted]
who administered First Aid. The bleeding was stopped, and at this time Mr.
Ibrahim still had a pulse. He was then placed into a white civilian vehicle
and was taken to Kirkuk General Hospital. At approximately 1925, the 2-327th
IN CP received notice from [redacted] that Mr. Ibrahim had died as a result of
his wounds. […]” |
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