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| Iraqis captured by UK troops 'were told they had been taken to Abu Ghraib' | Iraqis captured by UK troops 'were told they had been taken to Abu Ghraib' |
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| Iraqis captured by British troops were told they had been taken to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, used by Saddam Hussein and after the invasion by US forces, and said recordings of screams as though someone was being tortured were played to scare them, a public inquiry into allegations of murder and abuse of unarmed prisoners by UK forces heard on Wednesday. | Iraqis captured by British troops were told they had been taken to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, used by Saddam Hussein and after the invasion by US forces, and said recordings of screams as though someone was being tortured were played to scare them, a public inquiry into allegations of murder and abuse of unarmed prisoners by UK forces heard on Wednesday. |
| The prisoners alleged they were abused and humiliated after they were taken from a camp north of Basra to a British detention centre at Shaibah further south, Jonathan Acton Davis QC, counsel to the al-Sweady inquiry, said. | The prisoners alleged they were abused and humiliated after they were taken from a camp north of Basra to a British detention centre at Shaibah further south, Jonathan Acton Davis QC, counsel to the al-Sweady inquiry, said. |
| After their arrival at the detention facility an interpreter told them that they were in Abu Ghraib, where US troops had mistreated and humiliated Iraqis as pictures shown around the world revealed. | After their arrival at the detention facility an interpreter told them that they were in Abu Ghraib, where US troops had mistreated and humiliated Iraqis as pictures shown around the world revealed. |
| "An interpreter was told to say that to scare the prisoners," according to claims made by a captured Iraqi, Acton Davis said. | "An interpreter was told to say that to scare the prisoners," according to claims made by a captured Iraqi, Acton Davis said. |
| Other prisoners said they heard "screams from a tape" as if people were being tortured. Further allegations included prisoners stripped naked and water being poured by them in the searing heat in a mocking manner. | Other prisoners said they heard "screams from a tape" as if people were being tortured. Further allegations included prisoners stripped naked and water being poured by them in the searing heat in a mocking manner. |
| Acton Davis told the inquiry that not all the nine prisoners taken to Shaibah made allegations of mistreatment. Military police, soldiers who were present at the time, in 2004, and the Ministry of Defence say the prisoners were treated properly and deny the allegations of murder and abuse. | Acton Davis told the inquiry that not all the nine prisoners taken to Shaibah made allegations of mistreatment. Military police, soldiers who were present at the time, in 2004, and the Ministry of Defence say the prisoners were treated properly and deny the allegations of murder and abuse. |
| The inquiry was set up after the MoD failed adequately to investigate allegations that British troops murdered up to 20 unarmed prisoners and tortured five others at Camp Abu Naji north of Basra following a fierce gun battle at a British checkpoint called Danny Boy on 14 May 2004. | The inquiry was set up after the MoD failed adequately to investigate allegations that British troops murdered up to 20 unarmed prisoners and tortured five others at Camp Abu Naji north of Basra following a fierce gun battle at a British checkpoint called Danny Boy on 14 May 2004. |
| The inquiry has shown evidence that some of their death certificates recorded what were described as signs of severe mutilation. The inquiry is named after the family of Hamid al-Sweady, an alleged victim aged 19. It was forced on the MoD after high court judges accused it of "lamentable" behaviour and "serious breaches" of its duty of candour to explain what happened at Danny Boy and Camp Abu Naji. | The inquiry has shown evidence that some of their death certificates recorded what were described as signs of severe mutilation. The inquiry is named after the family of Hamid al-Sweady, an alleged victim aged 19. It was forced on the MoD after high court judges accused it of "lamentable" behaviour and "serious breaches" of its duty of candour to explain what happened at Danny Boy and Camp Abu Naji. |
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