E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 86 mishandling of a Koran. General Hood, who led the investigation, identified seven incidents where a guard may have mishandled a Koran. In two additional instances (one confirmed) an interrogator may have mishandled a Koran. The investiga tion also revealed fifteen cases in which the detainees themselves mishandled or inappropriately treated the Koran. 411. With regard to the five instances of confirmed Koran mishandling the Joint Task Force found: 1) During an interrogation in February 2002, a detainee complained that guards at Camp X-ray kicked the Koran of a detainee in a neighbouring cell. The interrogator reported the incident, the guards were aware of the detainee’s complaint but there is no evidence of further investigation. 2) On 15 August 2003, two detainees complained that their Korans were wet because the night shift guards had thrown water balloons on the cell block. The complaints were recorded. It has not been determined whether further complaints were made by the detainees or whether their Korans were replaced. There is no evidence of further investigation into this incident. 3) On 21 August 2003, a detainee complained that a two-word obscenity had been scrawled in English on the inside cover of his English-language Koran. The complaint was recorded and the English-language Koran was taken from the detainee who retained his Arabic -language Koran. There is no record of a formal complaint of the detainee to the commander. 4) On 25 March 2005 a detainee complained to his guards that urine came through an air vent and splashed on him and his Koran while he lay near the air vent. A guard reported to his cellblock commander that he was at fault since he had left his post to urinate outside and had done so near the air vent so that the wind blew his urine into the air vent. The guard was relieved of duty and the detainee was immediately issued with a fresh uniform and a new Koran. 5) On 25 July 2003, a contract interrogator apologized to a detainee for stepping on the detainee’s Koran in an earlier interrogation. The memorandum of the 25 July 2003 interrogation shows that the detainee had reported to other detainees that his Koranhad been stepped on. The detainee accepted the apology and agreed to inform other detainees of the apology and ask them to cease the disruptive behaviour caused by the incident. The interrogator was later terminated for a pattern of unacceptable behaviour. 412. As part of the investigation, General Hood has determined that the current guidance to the Guard force for handling the Koran is adequate although a number of recommendations for minor modifications are under review. The Government feels it is important to note the number of Korans (some 1600) which have been distributed among detainees to facilitate their desire to freely worship and the small number of very regrettable incidents should be seen in light of the volume of efforts to facilitate free religious practice. Communication sent on 30 June 2005 413. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government information she had received concerning the situation of Mr. Wazir Ahmed, Mr.