Four U.S. soldiers from Colorado werecharged with murder today in the suffocation death of Iraqi General Abid Hamed Mowhoush.Our first report on the General's death was in November, 2003:

Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush, an air defense general captured Oct. 5 in a raid near the Syrian border, was being questioned Wednesday while in American custody in Qaim near the Syrian border when lost consciousness after complaining he didn't feel well, the military said in a statement. He was pronounced dead by a U.S. military physician. The cause of death is under investigation, the military said. The statement did not give his age.

In May, 2004, the U.S. announced it had submitted three deaths of Iraqi prisoners to the CIA for investigation. We cited several other publicized cases, and asked, how many more are out there?

Also in May, 2004, the Government began to come clean about the circumstances of Mowhash's death. No longer was it claiming he died from natural causes:

The military has said Mowhoush died during interrogation Nov. 26 from asphyxiation due to smothering and chest compression. The CIA said one of its agents may have been involved and referred the case to the Justice Department. Jaleel died Jan. 9 at a post near Al Asad, Iraq, of blunt force injuries and asphyxia, the Army said last week. The facility was the base camp of the 3rd Armored Cavalry.

Also in May, TChris wrote about the new investigation into Mowhoush's death. He noted: