Amnesty: UK troops shot civilians

Amnesty: UK troops shot civilians

Monday, May 10, 2004 Posted: 9:00 PM EDT (0100 GMT)

LONDON, England (CNN) -- As furor grows over the mistreatment of Iraqi detainees, a report from a human rights group has charged that British troops occupying southern Iraq killed a dozen civilians who posed no threat to them.

Many of those killings have not been investigated by the British military, and the families of the victims have not been compensated, according to a report released on Tuesday in London by Amnesty International.

"In several cases documented by Amnesty International, UK soldiers opened fire and killed Iraqi civilians in circumstances where there was apparently no imminent threat of death or serious injury to themselves or others," the report says.

It listed examples of 12 civilians who were apparently killed by British forces under questionable circumstances, including the shooting of an eight-year-old girl who was standing with a group of children when a British patrol moved into her town.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/10/iraq.british.troops

We've have rape

We've have murder and we are only missing pillage

Well sort of, pillaging oil

We've have rape

We've have murder and we are only missing pillage

Well sort of, pillaging oil

What about the Iraqi national museum:shrug:
Saddam's palaces?

...do you think they have songs and stories about their own "Bloody Sunday"

London - British soldiers have fired on and killed Iraqi civilians, including an eight-year-old girl, in situations where there was apparently no serious threat and in many cases the British army has not even investigated the incidents, human rights group Amnesty International said in a report published on Tuesday.

"UK soldiers have opened fire and killed civilians in southern Iraq in circumstances where there was apparently no imminent threat of death or serious injury to themselves or others," the report said.

"In many cases where civilians have been killed by UK forces the British army has not even opened an investigation."

http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1084231440476B262&set_id=1

An Amnesty International report has alleged British forces in Iraq have shot and killed civilians, including an eight-year-old girl, in situations in which they were under no apparent threat.

It said “many” cases of killings of civilians by UK troops have not been investigated, with claims that probes by the Royal Military Police have been “secretive” as families are given little or no information about their progress.

Amnesty called for a civilian-led investigation into all killings by British forces, with findings made public.

The report was compiled following visits to UK-administered southern Iraq in February and March by delegates from the human rights organisation, who interviewed families, eye-witnesses, Iraqi police officers and officials of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Amnesty said it was unable to estimate the total number of deaths which could be attributed to British personnel.

The report was released the day after a separate dossier into abuse allegations by the Red Cross highlighted the case of a hotel receptionist who died after a beating from British troops.

Amnesty’s UK director, Kate Allen, said: “We are told in the UK that southern Iraq is comparatively safe and secure. Yet Iraqis on the ground have painted a very different picture.

“People live in fear of armed groups who can strike with seeming impunity.

“Killings by UK forces, in situations where they should not be using lethal force, are examined in secrecy and behind closed doors.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2906952

nothing new in this 'war'.