Abed Hamed Mowhoush Military person

Abed Hamed Mowhoush (Arabic "عبد حامد موحوش") was a Major General / Air Vice-Marshal believed to be in command of the Transport, Logistics and Airlifting Division of the Iraqi Air Force during the regime of Saddam Hussein immediately prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, until his surrender to United States forces on 10 November 2003. He died on 26 November 2003 while in U.S. custody at the Al-Qaim detention facility approximately 200 miles (320 km) northwest of Baghdad, following a 16-day period of detention that included intense beatings and the use of violent and illegal torture.Mowhoush was commissioned as a heavy transport and airlifting pilot officer in 1969 and commanded a wing of An-12 heavy cargo planes during the Iran-Iraq War. He was in charge of airlifting logistics operations in the Southern Air Command during the Gulf War. He was appointed as the commander of the Transport, Logistics and Strategic Airlifting Command in 1999.U.S. forces initially claimed that Mowhoush had been captured during a raid and that he had died of natural causes (disease), but The Washington Post later reported that he had given himself up in an effort to secure the release of his sons. Four U.S. servicemen were arrested in October 2004 in connection with the killing.