Killing of Manadel al-Jamadi
Manadel al-Jamadi (Arabic: مناضل الجمادي) was an Iraqi national who was killed in United States custody during a CIA interrogation at Abu Ghraib prison on 4 November 2003. His name became known in 2004 when the Abu Ghraib scandal made headlines; his corpse packed in ice was the background for widely reprinted photographs of grinning U.S. Army specialists Sabrina Harman and Charles Graner each offering a "thumbs-up" gesture. Al-Jamadi had been a suspect in a bomb attack that killed 12 people in a Baghdad Red Cross facility.
| Killing of Manadel al-Jamadi | |
|---|---|
Victim Manadel al-Jamadi's corpse | |
| Location | Abu Ghraib prison |
| Date | 4 November 2003 |
Attack type | Torture murder, homicide |
| Weapons | Various |
| Victim | Manadel al-Jamadi |
| Charges | None |
Al-Jamadi died while he was suspended by his wrists, his hands cuffed behind his back, a position condemned by human rights groups as torture. A military autopsy declared al-Jamadi's death a homicide. No one has been charged with his death. In 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder said that he had opened a full criminal investigation into al-Jamadi's death. In August 2012, Holder announced that no criminal charges would be brought.