New allegations of systematic abuse of Iraqis by British troops
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=524032
Five new witnesses to testify against Queen's Lancashires. US military
investigates eight suspected prison murders
By Severin Carrell, Francis Elliott and Andrew Buncombe
23 May 2004
Evidence that soldiers of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment carried out
systematic torture of Iraqi civilians under the direction of an
officer is to be put before the High Court, The Independent on Sunday
can reveal.
Five Iraqis arrested with Baha Mousa, the Basra hotel receptionist who
allegedly died in detention after three days of beatings by QLR
troops, have given detailed witness statements about their ordeal.
Their evidence - given exclusively to the IoS - will undermine claims
that abuses of Iraqi civilians were carried out by "rogue" members of
the regiment.
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