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    Britain''s Iraq inquiry hears torture claims

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    Britain''s Iraq inquiry hears torture claims Empty Britain''s Iraq inquiry hears torture claims

    Post by Hkp1 Mon 11 Mar 2013, 1:24 pm

    Britain''s Iraq inquiry hears torture claims


    11/03/2013 | 08:45 PM | Gulf News

    LONDON,
    March 11 (KUNA) -- A catalogue of alleged abuse, torture and unlawful
    killing by British soldiers in Iraq was claimed at a public inquiry
    Monday.

    Patrick O'Connor, lawyer, made the claims before the
    long-awaited so-called Al-Sweady Inquiry in central London which is
    examining allegations that UK soldiers murdered and tortured Iraqis
    after the Battle of "Danny Boy" in Maysan Province, southern Iraq, in
    May 2004.

    Iraqi detainees said they were kicked in the head while
    they were helpless, had to endure beatings, rough handling, strip
    searches, abuse once in their cells, sleep deprivation, mock executions
    and violence while being escorted to and from being interrogated, it was
    claimed.

    In his opening statement, O'Connor representing nine
    Iraqi survivors and bereaved relatives of people who died on the
    battlefield, said: "These are not matters of individual spontaneous
    misconduct.

    "They are planned, calculated and trained abuses by
    branches of the state." It is alleged that Iraqis were unlawfully killed
    at Camp Abu Naji (CAN) near Majar-al-Kabir on May 14 and 15 2004, and
    that five Iraqi detainees were tortured and ill-treated both at CAN and
    at Shaibah Logistics Base, where they were held for the next four
    months.

    O'Connor said that all nine detainees had said they had
    been "kicked in the head when they were defenceless" and complained of
    being beaten when being transported to CAN with "blows to enforce
    silence."

    Claims of torture included the shock of capture was
    maintained through rough handling, strip searches were carried out which
    would have had a "strong psychological impact on the Iraqis."

    They also suffered medical neglect at CAN and oppressive or tactical questioning.
    Various
    witnesses described hearing shouting, the banging of a metal pole,
    sobbing, crying and the sound of tables being overturned and chairs
    being thrown, the inquiry heard.

    The banging of the metal pole was a "shock tactic and would play on the detainee's mind," it was suggested.

    There
    was sleep deprivation and water squeezed into their mouths so they
    choked and could not drink, they claimed. Mock executions were used as a
    part of a "calculated and sinister regime to break down these
    detainees," O'Connor said.

    Tapes of different kinds of screams were played as white noise, but this was denied.
    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has vigorously denied all the allegations, saying any deaths happened on the battlefield.

    The MoD also claims there was no mistreatment. (end) he.bs KUNA 112045 Mar 13NNNN

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