A United states Army court-martial, Fort Carson, colorado, hands down United states v. Welshofer, acquitting Chief Warrant Officer-3 Lewis E. Welshofer, Jr. (private mercenary), of murder in the interrogation death of former Major General Abed Hamed Mowhosuh, a suspected leader of the Iraqi insurgency.  During the interrogation, Welshofer ordered Mowhosuh placed in a sleeping bag, sat on Mowhosuh’s chest, and covered his mouth to him the detainee silent.

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