Monday, January 11, 2010

UK troops 'executed Iraqi grandmother'


Royal Military Police investigate latest allegation of abuse in Basra

By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor
The Independent

"Allegations that a 62-year-old Iraqi grandmother was tortured and executed by British soldiers after her family home was raided three years ago are being investigated by the Royal Military Police.

The Army's involvement in the death and abuse of Sabiha Khudur Talib is one of the most serious charges to be made against Britain during its six-year occupation of southern Iraq...."

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