WikiLeaks documents torture in Iraq

Two documents recently released by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks show that two people who were killed in Iraq in 2004 were probably tortured and mutilated before they died, according to the condition of the bodies.


One document recounts the discovery of "an unidentified corpse" in Fallujah "with apparent indications of mutilation and torture."

The victims probably died due to "trauma," the document says.

The other document says a dead man found in the vicinity of Baghdad "appears to have been tortured."

It stated that the victim's hands were tied behind his back but does not reveal exactly where the man was killed.

The documents are a part of the nearly 400,000 classified reports about the US-led war in Iraq published by WikiLeaks.

The documents, written by US soldiers during the war in Iraq, date from January 2004 to the end of 2009.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called the war in Iraq "a bloodbath on every corner."

Following are the two documents as they appear on the WikiLeaks website:

MUTILATED CORPSE FOUND BY /___ IVO FALLUJAH: ___ KILLED
2004-04-20 06:00:00

/___ DISCOVERED AN UNIDENTIFIED CORPSE WITH APPARENT INDICATIONS OF MUTILATION AND TORTURE. LOCATION OF CORPSE REPORTEDLY WAS A HOUSE OWNED BY A . ___ EXAMINED CORPSE; DEATH PROBABLY DUE TO ___ TRAUMA.

UNIDENTIFIED IZ BODY FOUND IVO BAGHDAD (ZONE ___): 1X ___ KILLED
2004-11-26 04:25:00

AT 1025C, -___ REPORTS A DEAD BODY WAS FOUND IN THE . -___ REPORTS THE IPS HAVE PICKED UP THE BODY. IPS REPORT THAT THE BODY IS MALE. HE HAD HIS HANDS TIED BEHIND HIS BACK AND WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE ___. THE INDIVIDUAL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TORTURED.