MoD move to suppress evidence in abuse court martial

[Rose Siding]

Evidence from a series of courts martial over alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers may be kept secret until after the forthcoming Iraqi elections for fear that it could compromise the safety of British troops.
The cases against four members of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, who are accused of torturing and sexually abusing their captives, are due to begin in a British military court in Germany today. Defence sources have confirmed that lawyers are considering arguing that the public airing of the abuse could provoke attacks on soldiers deployed in Iraq in the run-up to the elections, when violence against foreign troops is expected to escalate.

In what has been dubbed "Britain's Abu Ghraib", the soldiers are alleged to have stripped and humiliated their prisoners and taken pictures of the incident, which took place in a warehouse outside Basra after the end of the conflict last year.

The Guardian and a number of other media organisations will mount a legal challenge in the court today if the government attempts to prevent the details from becoming public.........

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1386650,00.html

[NYC]

1. Isn't this admitting that some of the current violence in Iraq

was a response to the prison abuse that took place in Iraq?

(Don't forget that the Iraqis knew about it before we did.)

[Supersedeas]

2. when a detainee falls behind barbed wire, and no ones hears.....

Democracy profits.