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| Probe into 48 Iraqis' deaths starts in UK |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-08-08 18:52:47 |
LONDON, Aug. 8
(Xinhuanet) -- British military police have opened investigations into 48 cases
of Iraqis who died in incidents involving British troops in Iraq since last May,
the Independent on Sunday newspaper reported.
The latest figures, a jump of nearly a third in the previously disclosed official statistics, were set
to climb even higher, the paper said.
The paper said the
British Ministry of Defense (MoD) still has no clear figure of Iraqis who died
in incidents involving British troops since the US-led occupation began on May 1
last year.
The MoD admitted on Friday that armed forces
police have investigated, or are still looking into a total of 94 cases of
alleged deaths in custody, illegal shootings, injuries and suspected
ill-treatment involving British troops in Iraq.
In face of
mounting allegations from lawyers and human rights groups that abuses of Iraqis
by British troops were being ignored, the armed forces minister, Adam Ingram ,
ordered all military units that have served in Iraq to check their records and
produce a full list of every incident where an Iraqi was
killed.
According to the paper, the MoD's search for unreported Iraqi deaths, expected to take several months, was the latest in a series of concessions being made by the British government over the armed forces' rules and policies in Iraq. Enditem |
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