They found his larynx in a freezer in Germany.
They found his rib cage in a fridge in Washington D.C .
It wasn't enough for members of our military to murder Nagem Hatab. It wasn't enough for this administration to deny responsibilty for their actions leading to this man's death. Nope, they had to go and cut him up into pieces, scatter them to the four winds, and thus threaten any endeavors to bring his killers to justice.
I heard this story on the 11:00 AM version of NPR news, but it took a while to find a print story. But here it is
"Missing medical evidence taken from the body of an Iraqi man beaten by Marine prison guards resurfaced this week, a defense attorney for an officer charged in connection with the man's death said Thursday. For months, the military had insisted the evidence was lost.
An Army medical examiner found the larynx of Nagem Hatab in a freezer in Germany, said Keith Higgins, a civilian defense attorney. The examiner, Col. Kathleen Ingwersen, conducted Hatab's autopsy in Iraq and concluded he died from a broken bone in his neck."
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" Last week, a military judge delayed the start of the court-martial because of the missing evidence and ordered prosecutors to redouble their efforts to find the items. The judge, Col. Robert Chester, threatened "some extreme measures" to correct what he viewed as serious problems interfering the case.
Higgins said it was "disheartening and extremely troubling" that military doctors would act so carelessly with evidence that he deemed crucial to clearing his client's name.
Higgins also said an Army criminal investigator found a rib cage that may belong to Hatab in a refrigerator at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. Ingwersen's autopsy found that Hatab had six broken ribs. Results from a DNA test to determine whether the ribs were from Hatab's body are expected Friday, Higgins said."
Just when you think things can't get anymore bizarre and f*cked up, something like this comes along and dopeslaps you.