Intelligence officers accused over Iraqi general's death

The US military plans to charge two intelligence soldiers over the suffocation death of an Iraqi general during an interrogation last autumn, according to an American newspaper report.

The US military plans to charge two intelligence soldiers over the suffocation death of an Iraqi general during an interrogation last autumn, according to an American newspaper report.

Charges of negligent homicide and involuntary manslaughter will be filed against Chief Warrant Officers Lewis Welshofer and Jeff Williams, The Denver Post reported, citing a Pentagon document obtained by the newspaper.

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