A British soldier looks through the scope of his rifle after a roadside bomb attack that targeted their convoy in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) northeast of Baghdad © Atef Hassan / Reuters
The Independent: British soldiers could face prosecution for crimes committed during Iraq conflict, investigators confirm
Exclusive: The unit established to test allegations of torture and unlawful killings has been overwhelmed with cases
British soldiers who have served in Iraq may face prosecution for crimes including murder, the head of the unit established by the Ministry of Defence to investigate allegations of torture and unlawful killing in the war-torn country has said.
In his first major interview, Mark Warwick, a former police detective in charge of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (Ihat), told The Independent that he believed there would be sufficient evidence to justify criminal charges.
More News On Reports That British Veterans From Iraq May Be Facing War Crime Charges
British soldiers may face Iraq prosecutions: investigator -- Reuters
UK inquiry: Soldiers who fought in Iraq may face prosecution for war crimes -- AP
Iraq veterans could be prosecuted for war crimes, says head of inquiry -- The Guardian/Press Association
UK Iraq veterans 'may face prosecution' -- BBC
British veterans could face charges over Iraq War -- DW
British Vets May Face War Crime Charges Over Iraq Conflict -- Sputnik
UK veterans may be prosecuted over Iraq 'war crimes' as claims grow tenfold -- RT
War itself is murder and a form of torture, so what's the big deal. But they try to make us think that if only war were conducted according to some rules, there wouldn't be any problem with it.
ReplyDeleteSo some unfortunate soldiers have to be made examples of by people who have been apart from the miserable conditions of warfare, but may have had a hand in running it, and losing it, and not injected into it as were these now picked-on soldiers.
So now these vets will be able to add "convicted of war crimes" to their records in addition to all the other misery they've suffered: broken marriages, emotional problems, PTSD, homelessness, unemployment and suicide by some who won't be available for these show trials.
...meanwhile Tony Blair (Bliar) walks around a free man.
ReplyDeleteits a disgrace....the rules of warfare have made an already dangerous job even more ridiculous and the worst thing is our enemy knows it.
ReplyDeletethey exploit the 'rules' when they hide behind civilians in a war zone knowing full well that our leaders care more about their global footprint/image than ending enemy combatant lives.
warfare methodology should be mostly dictated by those who risk their lives to do the job and not by those politicians who sleep peaceably in their beds at night.
....meanwhile obama and his administration walk around free men.
Like tolerance for any other form of crime,
Deletehttp://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/when-officers-become-criminals/
Tolerance for war crimes in the Military, ( and Politics) weaken the Military, the Command chain and Governance at home.
As an example, the past history of prosecution of War Crimes since WWII has made perfectly clear, there are two different tiers of Justice, one for "us", ( junior ranks, the public, all "furriners" who are no longer needed), and one for "them", ( the Rich, Powerful, Generals and the needed Dictatorship du jour),
And as we see with the "affluenza" cases and "To Big to Fail" cases, the same two tier system is becoming, or is already embedded in our Criminal and Civil justice systems.