Two (British) soldiers guilty of Iraq abuse

[theHandpuppet]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4290435.stm

Note: some photos of the abuse involved.

Two soldiers guilty of Iraq abuse


Two British soldiers have been found guilty at a court martial of charges relating to abusing Iraqi prisoners.

Daniel Kenyon, 33, was convicted of three charges and Mark Cooley, 25, of two following abuse at Camp Bread Basket, Basra, during May 2003.

Both the soldiers, and a third - Darren Larkin - who had admitted assault, will be sentenced by the military panel in Osnabrueck, Germany, on Friday.

Kenyon and Cooley face up to two years in jail. Larkin faces up to six months.

The abuse came to light when photographs taken by a fourth soldier, Gary Bartlam, were left in a Staffordshire shop to be developed.

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(Also check out the pic on the front page of the same site.)

[theHandpuppet]

1. Here are the photos submitted as evidence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4185719.stm

WARNING: Graphic

[Moderator]

2. kick to combine threads

[NVMojo]

3. British Soldiers Convicted of Iraqi Detainees Abuse

OSNABRUECK, Germany, February 24, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Britain has convicted two soldiers of abusing Iraqi detainees, in a case that has drawn echoes to the US abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib.

The Pentagon, however, said a US marine, captured on film killing a wounded Iraqi at point blank could not be formally charged for alleged lack of evidence.

At the end of a 20-month investigation and five-week court martial, British Corporal Daniel Kenyon was found guilty of failing to report that men under his command had forced prisoners to simulate sex acts, but was cleared of helping stage the photos.

“We know that he knew that two Iraqis were stripped naked and simulating oral sex while others (soldiers) were there and laughing,” Judge Michael Hunter was quoted by Reuters as telling the court while summing up the evidence Wednesday, February 23.


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http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2005-02/24/article02.shtml