Iraqi captive died with 93 injuries, QC says

Iraqi Liberation from Sadam?

New Zealand Herald

Captive Iraqis were beaten with iron bars, kicked, starved, and forced to drink their own urine during abuse which led to the death of a prisoner, the first court martial of British troops accused of war crimes was told yesterday. The dead man, 26-year-old Baha Musa, had 93 injuries to his body. Two other Iraqis were severely wounded by "systematic mistreatment". Among the seven soldiers in the dock is the most senior officer to face charges over the Iraq war, Colonel Jorge Mendonca, 42, who is accused of negligence in his duties in failing to halt the ill-treatment by his men...

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