This document is the CIA's copy of the sworn statement of an anonymous military personnel from the 1st Battalion 5th Special Forces Group, which is included in CID Report 0027-03-CID679-64999 released by the DOD. The CIA version contains different redactions than the DOD version. The interviewee describes what he/she saw of the interrogation of General Mowhoush at the Al Qaim detention facility in Iraq. A significant portion of the interview text, including the names of related officials, have been redacted.
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LOCATION DATE -~ Tl~..)._) FILE NUMBER
Fort Camobell. KY 42223 9Feb04 ' ,,~, r .JDDLE NAME SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER I ~::~TUSd (b)cTJ(
ADDRESS/ORGANIZATION
Headquarters and Su.J>Port Company I~ Battalion 5~ Special Forces Group {Airborne) (SFG(A)), Fort Campbell, KY 42223
':A_ I , WANT TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT UNDER
OATH:
I have been theS2 NCOICfor l"BN, 5"' SFG(A) sinccAugust2002. Ivoluoteercd to deploy with A Company 115"' SFG(A) to
AI Qaim, Iraq in September 03. The unit arrived in arrived in the AI Qaim, Iraq area somtime during the third week of Oct 03.
About the 0900 brs, 24 Noverober 2003, myself along witi! a split team from Operational Detachnient Alpha (ODA) 531, and
members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) departed our b!'Se in AI Qaim. We arrived at the 3"' Armored Calvary
Regiment (ACR) detention facility for Operation Rifle Blitz at about 0930. From 0930 uolil about 1530 hrs, I conducted field
interrogations of Iraqi detainees. About 1530 brs, our group started to get ready to depart the facility. when I walked by one of the
interrogation rooms. In the interrogation room I saw General (Gen) MOWHOUSSH being interrogated by several3"' ~CR
interrogators. From the interrooators I Rot the sense the the interrooation of Gcn MOWHOUSH was not ooin• well the General
was not being cco()Jl_erative. I
, I lett with the same personnel I arnved right alter the mcident
The next time I saw the General was one to two days later. Wbile working at the detention facility on 25 Nov 03, I observed the
General doing light exercise inside the detain~e holding area. That was last time I saw Gen MOWHOUSH.
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Q: Who were the neople from ODA 531 that were with you at the 3"' ACR detention facility on 24 Nov 03?
A: cwJ ISFCI land SPd lvere with me.
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Q: Were there any other people that were with- you :~~CR aetention tac111tyon :.!4 Nov __!IE .
A: Yes the translators assigned to our writ: There w d I'm not sure, but I ~d the one we calledOwere
there. _ . _ .
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Q: The people from 3m ACR that had been interrorgating Gen po you knOW WhO !hey
were? ( .......
A: There was a Warrant Officer I think his na.;;e wJ I a translator and two of the ouards. The ouards hal
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Q: What was the General wearing?
A: It was c.Ued a Dishdasba, a mans dress atid shoes.
Q: How was the General positioned in the room?
A: He was standing.
Q: How did you lesrn the General had died? .
A: I was told by someone in the 3"' ACR detention facility, I don't remember the name, on 26 Nov 03, when I arrivved ·that day
toconduct more interrogations. I was told he had collapsed in one of interrogation rooms while during an interrogation. The body hsd
already been moved by the time I arrived there. ·
Q: Were you told who ·was conducting the interrogation?
A: No:
Q: Did you ever lesrn who was conducting the interrrogation?
A: No.
Q: Is this statement in your own words and typed b "L_ ___ _j
A: Yes.
Q: How have you been treated here today?
A: Fine. .
Q: Is this statement honest and truthful to the best of your knowledge?
A: Yes.
A: NoJ/IHND OF STATEMENTi .
Q: Do you have omything else youoto add to this statement at this time?
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I, f l HAVE READ OR HAD READ TO ME THIS STATEMENT WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE 1 AND ENDS ON
PAGE;!.. I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONTENTS OF THE ENTIRE STATEMENT MADE BY ME. THE STATEMENT IS TRUE: I HAVE
INITIALED ALL CORRECTIONS AND HAVE INITIALED THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE
CONTAINING THE STATEMENT. I HAVE MADE THIS STATEMENT FREELY WITHOUT HOPE OR BENEFIT OR REWARD, WITHOUT
THREAT OF PUNISHMENT, AND WITHOUT COI;RCION, UNLAWFU
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Subscribed and sworn to' before me. a person authorized by law to
administer oaths, this Ni!!!h day of Februay. 2Ql!i
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Article 136, UCMJ
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