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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,...157003,00.html

[Spree: Denver Post article on deaths of five Iraqisduring interrogation.]
The deaths include the killing in November of a high-level Iraqi general who was shoved into a sleeping bag and suffocated, according to the Pentagon report. The documents contradict an earlier Defense Department statement that said the general died "of natural causes" during an interrogation. Pentagon officials declined to comment on the new disclosure.

"Mowhoush, considered a "high-priority target," turned himself in for questioning in November, according to documents. After two weeks in custody at an Al Qaim detention facility, northwest of Baghdad, two soldiers with the 66th Military Intelligence Company, slid a sleeping bag over his body, except for his feet, and began questioning him as they rolled him repeatedly from his back to his stomach, the documents show.

"Then, one of the soldiers, an interrogator, sat on Mowhoush's chest and placed his hands over the prisoner's mouth, according to the report: 'During this interrogation, the (general) became non-responsive, medics were called and he was later pronounced dead.' According to the documents, 'The preliminary report lists the cause of death as asphyxia due to smothering and chest compressions.'


Well, its only natural that you die after being smothered. Apparently, the investigation continues. But really, what the hell? After all, he was just an Iraqi General.

S_A_M

The only tragedy here is if we didn't get whatever information we wanted before he was smothered to death. And that he died a relatively pain-free death. And that we probably didn't get to torture him in front of his kids (or, his kids in front of him -- whichever).

Right, shfm? slave? sgt?