UK military may have used banned interrogation tactics in Iraq: rights panel

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Monday, July 28, 2008
Mike Rosen-Molina at 10:31 AM ET

The armed forces of the United Kingdom may have used officially-banned tactics to interrogate detainees in Iraq, according to a report released Sunday by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights. In previous testimony before the committee, top defense officials had denied the use of "wall standing, hooding, subjection to noise, sleep deprivation and deprivation of food and drink," all of which were prohibited by the UK government in 1972, but recent evidence discovered during an investigation of the Baha Mousa case indicated that those techniques may still be in use. The committee called for an investigation into allegations that former Minister of State for the Armed Forces Adam Ingram and Lt. Gen. Robin Brims may have lied to the committee ...

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/07/uk-military-may-have-used-banned.php