US officer guilty over death of Iraqi general
By Steven Saint, Fort Carson, Colorado
THE highest-ranking US Army officer charged with killing a detainee in Iraq has been found guilty of negligent homicide, but not guilty on the more serious charge of murder of an Iraqi general during an interrogation.
A jury of six army officers convicted Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer jnr on charges resulting from the suffocation death of Iraqi Major-General Abed Hamed Mowhoush in Iraq in November 2003.
The general was placed head-first in a sleeping bag as Welshofer covered his mouth and sat on his chest during a fatal interrogation.
Prosecutors accused Welshofer of using harsh techniques to try to get information from General Mowhoush, describing them as torture.
THE highest-ranking US Army officer charged with killing a detainee in Iraq has been found guilty of negligent homicide, but not guilty on the more serious charge of murder of an Iraqi general during an interrogation.
A jury of six army officers convicted Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer jnr on charges resulting from the suffocation death of Iraqi Major-General Abed Hamed Mowhoush in Iraq in November 2003.
The general was placed head-first in a sleeping bag as Welshofer covered his mouth and sat on his chest during a fatal interrogation.
Prosecutors accused Welshofer of using harsh techniques to try to get information from General Mowhoush, describing them as torture.
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