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CIA Copy of L.A. Times Article: Abuse Suspected in Iraqi General's Death
May 23, 2004 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 5091
CIA copy of L.A. Times article reporting on the Pentagon's reversal on its conclusion about the death of Abed Hamed Mowhoush, an Iraqi general who died in U.S. custody in 2003. The article describes the history of the Pentagon's position, which initially ascribed the death to natural causes, but in 2004 switched to homicide. The article expounds upon suspicions that Mowhoush was abused at the hands of U.S. soldiers with an array of techniques including mock assassinations, physical abuse, and suffocation.
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- 2003-11-26, FOB Tiger (Tiger Base), Iraq, Death
- On November 26, 2003, a high-ranking Baathist, Abed Hamed Mowhoush, died while being interrogated by U.S. forces. While the Pentagon initially ruled the death to have been caused naturally, in May 2004 it ruled the death as a homicide. A death certificate dated December 2, 2003, but not released until May 2004, declares that Mowhoush died of "asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression."