Three British soldiers charged with Iraq war crimes

[maddezmom]

LONDON (Reuters) - Three British soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi detainees are to be tried for war crimes, the British government said on Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said the servicemen would stand trial in Britain under the International Criminal Court Act 2001.

One of the soldiers, Corporal Donald Payne, of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, was charged with unlawfully killing Iraqi detainee Baha Musa, who died in British custody in September 2003 in the southern city of Basra.

He was also charged with the inhumane treatment of Musa and eight other Iraqis and perverting the course of justice.

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[Greeby]

1. Hmm

What was it the then Chief of the Defense Staff said when DSM came out? Something to the tune "If I or any of my men end up in the dock, Blair will be right along with us". I don't have it exact, but thats the gist of it

[Monkie]

2. its seven soldiers in total including a Colonel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4698251.stm

"A fourth serviceman, Sergeant Kelvin Stacey, 28, also of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, is alleged to have assaulted a detainee and faces a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm, alternatively common assault.

Geneva conventions

Three other servicemen - Warrant Officer Mark Davies, 36, of the Intelligence Corps, Major Michael Peebles, 34, of the Intelligence Corps, and Colonel Jorge Mendonca, 41, lately of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, are charged with negligently performing their duties or neglecting to perform a duty, contrary to the Army Act 1955.""

Its important to note this Colonel was the commanding officer of that Regiment