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MoD may face hundreds of new torture claims

Source: The Independent

Basra : Iraq | 5 months ago

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Baha Mousa's sons Hassan (left) and Ali, hold up a family photo at their home in Basra in 2005 The Ministry of Defence faces the threat of hundreds of claims for alleged abuse and torture of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers. Lawyers say emerging evidence of abuses, including use of electric shocks,...

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