CIA copy of a Los Angeles Times article reporting the death of former Iraqi general Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush.
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x-General Dies During Interrogation
Los Angeles Times
November 28, 2003
Ex-General Dies During Interrogation
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD — A former Iraqi general died while under American interrogation, the U.S. military said
Thursday.
Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush, an air defense general captured Oct. 5 in a raid near the Syrian border,
was being questioned Wednesday while in custody in Qaim near the border when he lost consciousness
after complaining he didn't feel well; the military said in a statement.
He was pronounced dead by a military physician. The cause of death and the interrogation techniques are
under investigation, but Mowhoush's head was not hooded during questioning, the Army's 82nd Airborne
Division said. The statement did not give his age.
Mowhoush, a major general in the Republican Guard, was captured in a raid in Qaim A U.S. military
spokeswoman said at the time that Mowhoush was believed to have been financing attacks on U.S. forces.