International Criminal Court may investigate the UK military over war crimes cover-up
The International Criminal Court has said that it will further examine allegations of war crimes committed by soldiers from the UK in Iraq., the ICC said: “[The] findings concerning alleged war crimes by UK troops could be highly relevant to the Office's ongoing work and examination.”
A member of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team , speaking to the British investigative television programme Panorama In 2010, the UK government set up IHAT to deal with a significant volume of allegations that the British military had engaged in the killing and torture of civilians between 2003 and 2009 during the occupation of Iraq.
Mussa, a hotel receptionist, was detained by British soldiers alongside several other men. The coroner ruled that his death was due to a lack “of food and water, heat, exhaustion, fear, previous injuries and the hooding and stress positions used by British troops - and a final struggle with his guards”.". As a result of that investigation and others like it, the UK government set up IHAT.by the UK since 2011 after receiving information regarding abuses that may have been committed.
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