On Sat, 25 May 2013 16:38:46 +0100, DVH <
d...@vhvhvhvh.com> wrote:
>On 25/05/2013 16:29, AlanG wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 May 2013 16:04:49 +0100, DVH <
d...@vhvhvhvh.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/05/2013 13:35, AlanG wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 25 May 2013 12:54:53 +0100, DVH <
d...@vhvhvhvh.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 25/05/2013 09:29, AlanG wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why weren't they off in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban who cause 80%
>>>>>>>>> of civilian deaths there?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why are british troops there killing the rest?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They're not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Really?
>>>>>> British troops have killed no civilians in either Iraq or Afghanistan?
>>>>>
>>>>> Why do you claim that?
>>>>
>>>> Did you miss the question mark?
>>>> Or were you off sick when they did question marks and commas?
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, I saw it. You were trying to put words in my mouth in your usual
>>> dishonest way.
>>
>> I asked a question
>
>I'd already answered it!
Dodger.
>
>> in a recognised form. Howabout you answer it
>> instead of dodging like a politician.
>>
>> Then explain why you believe british soldiers torturing and killing
>> people in other countries gives no reason to charge them with murder.
>
>There you go again with your dishonesty.
Liar
>
>Fibby AlanG is off fibbing again.
>
Ignorant you are
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/24/uk-inquests-civilian-deaths-iraq-war
The first public hearings are expected to focus on 11 cases in which
civilians died in British military custody. These will be followed by
public examinations of other incidents in which civilians died � often
in circumstances that were unclear or are disputed � but where it is
alleged that British personnel used unlawful force.
The court also ruled that this should be just the start of the process
by which public hearings will examine the alleged misconduct of some
members of the British armed forces who served in Iraq.
Following the completion of the Article 2 hearings � into allegedly
unlawful killings � further hearings should be established in order to
meet the UK's obligations under Article 3 of the ECHR, the court said.
These will inquire into allegations of torture and lesser mistreatment
of individuals detained by British troops in Iraq, focusing on a
sample of the most serious of the 700-plus cases in which such
allegations have been made.
In December last year the MoD said it had paid out �14m in
compensation and costs to 205 Iraqis who alleged unlawful imprisonment
and mistreatment, and that it was negotiating a further 196 payments.
Several hundred more claims were expected to be lodged.
Many of the hearings that examine allegations of torture and
mistreatment are expected to shed light on the activities of a British
interrogation unit known as the Joint Forward Interrogation Team,
whose personnel, drawn from all three branches of the services, appear
to have received training in the abuse of prisoners.
The deaths in custody include those of a number of teenagers who
drowned after allegedly being pushed into canals.
In another case, an RAF police investigation into the death of a man
who was allegedly kicked to death while on board an RAF helicopter
failed to establish the cause of death, or even the dead man's name. A
Guardian investigation established that there were concerns that MoD
officials may have interfered with the initial investigation because
they feared a prosecution could lead to the discovery that the dead
man � and large numbers of other prisoners � were being ferried to a
secret interrogation centre that had been concealed from both British
army lawyers and the Red Cross.
A third case concerns a mother who was shot and wounded in November
2006 when troops raided her home. She was certified dead on arrival at
a first aid post, and her body was later dumped at the side of a road
in a British army body bag.
Several other victims died after being detained for interrogation, and
are thought to have been beaten to death in a manner similar to that
of Baha Mousa, the Basra hotel receptionist who was murdered by
British soldiers in September 2003.