Alyssa Peterson
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Alyssa Peterson was an U.S. Army Specialist, Arabic language certification, serving serving with C Company, 311th Military Intelligence BN, 101st Airborne in Iraq. She died on September 15, 2003 from a "non-hostile weapons discharge" at the Tal-Afar airbase on the Syrian-Iraqi frontier. Subsequent investigation revealed that she had been placed under suicide watch after refusing further participation in interrogation sessions which she alleged constituted torture of Iraqi prisoners. Her body was returned to Flagstaff in late September 2003, where she was buried with full military honors at Citizen's Cemetery.
[edit] External links
- "U.S. Soldier Killed Herself After Objecting to Interrogation Techniques" By Greg Mitchell November 01, 2006 Editor & Publisher
- "War on Torture PSA 2- Peterson (video)"
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