May 15, 2004 autopsies of Iraqis killed in firefight with British troops:
On one of the seven death certificates in question, Ahmad al Helfi, a 19-year-old casual labourer, is described as having “several bullet injuries to the body, with blueness of the left eye and a cut-wound by a sharp tool on the right arm. In addition, there are signs of beating and torturing all over the body.”
Haider al Lami, 21, also a casual labourer, had “several bullet injuries to the body, with mutilation of genitalia”. His penis had been “severed”.
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