UK Leadership Blamed For Abuse
| UK leadership blamed for Iraqis' abuse January 26, 2008 presstv.ir | ||
Soldiers were not told about their obligations under international law or about a specific ban on hooding imposed by the government 36 years ago, said the Friday report by Brigadier Robert Aitken, the army's director of army personnel strategy. The Ministry of Defense investigation has found troops were given "scant" information on how to treat civilian detainees and needed "a better understanding between right and wrong”. The report severely condemns the overall failure to plan for the invasion and its aftermath. The investigation was ordered after a string of cases alleging ill-treatment by British troops, notably the death of Baha Mousa, a Basra hotel receptionist, in September 2003.
The lawyers, who were representing the loved ones of the other eight slain Iraqis, presented the UK Supreme Court with evidence of abuse and torture like that of eyewitness testimony, the death certificates of the deceased, and also video images of their corpses. At a court martial the MoD admitted the Iraqis were ill-treated. One soldier pleaded guilty but six others were acquitted of negligence and abuse. No evidence exists for a criminal prosecution over the affair, according to the report. RZS/HAR |
Posted by USHOSTAGE at 1/27/2008 8:10 PM 
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Categories: CIA.gov, MI6 Blog, sis.gov.uk, White House Blog, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, ncriran
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