Iraq True Crime

How this Iraq archive is built

Crime by Region follows controlling legal outcomes while preserving the quality of the process. Final penalties are recorded, but collective charges, alleged torture and unresolved individual roles remain visible rather than being flattened into a simple solved label.

• The Margaret Hassan file separates the 2006 and 2009 convictions from sentence reduction, unresolved appeal, prison escape, missing remains and the absence of an organizational claim.
• The Sinjar attack, genocide finding and victim estimates are checked against the UN commission, a peer-reviewed population study and Reuters.
• The Camp Speicher chronology and trials are checked against Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
• The Dujail reprisals, trial evidence, verdicts and procedural defects are checked against Human Rights Watch court monitoring and contemporaneous verdict reporting.
• The assassination chronology and al-Hashimi's public work are checked against contemporary BBC and Guardian reporting.
• The appeal, retrial, acquittal and release are cross-checked against Reuters and Associated Press reports dated March 25, 2024.
• Claims about possible militia responsibility remain attributed context because no named organization was established as responsible in the reviewed court outcome.
• The Our Lady of Salvation file uses AP, Amnesty International and Reuters to separate casualty reporting, organizational attribution and final convictions.
• The Abu Ghraib file separates the Army inquiry, individual courts-martial and the 2024 CACI civil verdict, while recording the contractor's pending appeal and wider accountability gaps.
• The source review records what could be verified through September 11, 2026 and states gaps instead of inferring a resolution.
• Artwork is editorial and non-graphic; it is not presented as an authentic image of a victim, suspect, crime scene or court.