hours after mowhoush's death in u.s. custody on 26 november 2003, military officials issued a news release stating that the prisoner had died of natural causes after complaining of feeling sick. army psychological-operations officers quickly distributed leaflets designed to convince locals that the general had cooperated and outed key insurgents. the u.s. military initially told reporters that mowhoush had been captured during a raid. in reality, he had walked into the forward operating base "tiger" in qaim on 10 november 2003, hoping to speak with u.s. commanders to secure the release of his sons, who had been arrested in raids 11 days earlier.