Father: Iraqi perhaps slain in UK revenge attack

[sabra]

Source: AP

LONDON — British soldiers laughed as they beat an Iraqi hotel receptionist to death, the man's father alleged Wednesday as he gave evidence to an inquiry into the slaying.

Baha Mousa, 26, died in the custody of British troops after they went through a hotel in southern Iraqi city of Basra in September 2003 in a hunt for Saddam Hussein loyalists.

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"My son was tortured to death in front of his colleagues," Mousa, a former senior police officer, told the inquiry in a written statement.

"It is clear that the soldiers responsible gained sadistic pleasure by laughing continually while my son was being abused," the statement said.

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Mousa gave emotional testimony to the hearing Wednesday, weeping repeatedly as he described the impact on his family of his son's death. He said he suffers flashbacks to witnessing his son's gruesome injuries in a military morgue.

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Mousa told the hearing that he had accused a British soldier of stealing bank notes during the hotel raid and that his son was targeted by troops in revenge.

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[mrbarber]

1. Words fail me.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[LeftishBrit]

3. Sickening.