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27-11-03, 16:15
Former Iraqi general dies during interrogation
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 27 — A former Iraqi general died while under 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 American custody in Qaim near the Syrian border when lost consciousness after complaining he didn't feel well, the military said in a statement.
He was pronounced dead by a U.S. military physician. The cause of death is under investigation, the military said. The statement did not give his age.
Mowhoush, a major general in the Republican Guard's air defense branch, 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.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 27 — A former Iraqi general died while under 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 American custody in Qaim near the Syrian border when lost consciousness after complaining he didn't feel well, the military said in a statement.
He was pronounced dead by a U.S. military physician. The cause of death is under investigation, the military said. The statement did not give his age.
Mowhoush, a major general in the Republican Guard's air defense branch, 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.