Iraqis tortured by UK military settle case for $6M

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Source: AP

LONDON (AP) — Attorneys for 10 Iraqis tortured by the British military say they've settled a civil case for about $6 million.

The law firm Leigh Day & Co. says the settlement with the military involves the family of slain hotel clerk Baha Mousa and nine others who suffered injuries while in British custody in Iraq.

Mousa died in September 2003 after being detained in the southern Iraqi city of Basra along with a group of other Iraqis on suspicion of being insurgents.

A post-mortem found Mousa suffered 93 different injuries, including a broken nose and fractured ribs. It said he died of asphyxia, caused by a stress position that soldiers forced him to maintain.

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1. BBC link

Public inquiry into Iraqi's death

A UK public inquiry will be held into the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa, the government has announced.

Mr Mousa died while in British Army detention after being taken into custody in Basra in September 2003.

Defence Secretary Des Browne told MPs an inquiry "will reassure the public that we are leaving no stone unturned in investigating his tragic death".

Lawyers for Mr Mousa's relatives said other alleged cases of manslaughter and torture should also be examined.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7401039.stm

Hopefully they'll get to the bottom of why a corporal got sentenced to a year and six other got off.