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| Iraq soldiers unlawfully killed | Iraq soldiers unlawfully killed |
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| Two soldiers ambushed in Iraq were unlawfully killed by Iraqi military intelligence, a coroner has ruled. | Two soldiers ambushed in Iraq were unlawfully killed by Iraqi military intelligence, a coroner has ruled. |
| The bodies of Sgt Simon Cullingworth, 36, and Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, were found in a shallow grave outside Basra. | The bodies of Sgt Simon Cullingworth, 36, and Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, were found in a shallow grave outside Basra. |
| The inquest heard the men had been left "wounded but alive" after the ambush on the outskirts of the town of Al Zubayr near Basra in March 2003. | The inquest heard the men had been left "wounded but alive" after the ambush on the outskirts of the town of Al Zubayr near Basra in March 2003. |
| They were dragged from their Land Rover to a Baath Party HQ and then to an Iraqi intelligence base. | They were dragged from their Land Rover to a Baath Party HQ and then to an Iraqi intelligence base. |
| The men died of gunshot wounds in the Iraqi military intelligence compound. | The men died of gunshot wounds in the Iraqi military intelligence compound. |
| They were shot and killed in that compound Coroner Andrew Walker | |
| Coroner Andrew Walker said the route that the soldiers had taken had been the site of another ambush on British forces the day before and the danger in which they were being put should have been "anticipated". | |
| Mr Walker said the "failure to adequately plan for and warn of the dangers was, in my view, a contributory factor to their deaths". | |
| He added: "They were ambushed and taken to a temporary Baath party headquarters where evidence suggests that they were both alive. | |
| "Staff Sgt Cullingworth administered morphine to Sapper Allsopp at some point. | |
| "From there they were taken ostensibly to a hospital but, in fact, to an Iraqi military intelligence compound. | |
| "They were shot and killed in that compound." |