Live Report on BBC of the findings of the report of the torture of Baha Mousa

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in Iraq in 2003.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/08/baha-mousa-report-attack-british-army

When will people pay for the war crimes in Iraq?

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1. Have to say that William Gage is making no bones about

calling them out for torturing Mousa to death and violating the Geneva convention.

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2. Summary in the Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baha-mousa-inquiry-reveals-damning-findings-2351154.html

An innocent Iraqi civilian died in British Army custody after suffering "an appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence", a public inquiry concluded today.

The sustained abuse meted out to father-of-two Baha Mousa, 26, represented a "very serious breach of discipline" by members of 1st Battalion the Queen's Lancashire Regiment (1QLR), the landmark inquiry found.

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The inquiry also condemned the "corporate failure" by the Ministry of Defence that led to interrogation techniques banned by the British government in 1972 - including hooding and making prisoners stand in painful stress positions - being used by soldiers in Iraq.

Mr Mousa sustained 93 separate injuries, including fractured ribs and a broken nose, while in the custody of Preston-based 1QLR in Basra, southern Iraq, over 36 hours between September 14 and 15 2003.

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3. Good link

thanks :hi: