last breath through broken ribs, lying on the floor beneath a U.S. soldier in Interrogation Room 6 in the western Iraqi desert. Two days before, a secret CIA-sponsored group of Iraqi paramilitaries, working with Army interrogators, had beaten Mowhoush nearly senseless, using fists, a club and a rubber hose, according to classified documents. In 2005, charges of murder, assault and dereliction of duty were filed by the United States Army against Welshofer Jr. and the other servicemen in relation to the death of Mowhoush. This marked the first time that coalition servicemen from either the Iraq War or War in Afghanistan were charged with homicide related crimes. Criminal convictions On January 21, 2006, an American military jury convicted Welshofer of negligent homicide and dereliction of duty in the death of Mowhoush but he was acquitted of the more severe charge of murder. The military jury ordered a reprimand and forfeiture of $6,000 in pay, and restricted him to his home, office and church for two months however he was not sentenced to time in prison. References External links Human Rights First; Behind the Wire: An Update to Ending Secret Detentions (2005) Human Rights First; Command’s Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan 2003 deaths 2003 murders in Iraq Iraqi Air Force air marshals Iraqi murder victims Extrajudicial prisoners killed while in United States custody Iraqi torture victims Iraqi people who died in prison custody People murdered in Iraq 1947 births Iraqi prisoners of war Iraq War prisoners of war