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Headlines : IraqUS Lies and Murder in Iraq
The Post’s account of the killing of Mowhoush is but the latest sickening revelation of Nazi-style crimes being carried out by the American military and CIA in Guantánamo, Afghanistan and Iraq. It stands out because it provides a detailed and concrete picture of the atrocities being carried out in the name of the American people.
[Posted By ShiftShapers]Republished from World Socialist Web Site
The Washington Post carried a front-page exposé of the torture and murder of a captured Iraqi Republican Guard general by US military forces in November of 2003. The article, written by Post staff reporter Josh White and headlined “Documents Tell of Brutal Improvisation by GIs,” gives a detailed account, based on military court records, interviews and classified documents leaked to the newspaper, of the brutalization and eventual killing of Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush.
The US military considered Mowhoush a major figure in the armed resistance to the American occupation in northwestern Iraq. In the course of his interrogation, he was severely and repeatedly beaten by Iraqi paramilitaries, code-named Scorpions, working with the CIA and Army interrogators, and on November 26, 2003 he was stuffed into a sleeping bag by an Army interrogator and military guard and wrapped with an electrical cord. The Baathist general died while confined in the sleeping bag, the Army interrogator standing over his expiring body.
It is worthwhile quoting the opening passages of the Post article, which describe the crime with chilling terseness:
“Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush was being stubborn with his American captors, and a series of intense beatings and creative interrogation tactics were not…
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