US and UK War Criminal-Like Torture Starts Pointing at Higher-ups: UK must investigate Iraqi civilian's death

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | UK must investigate Iraqi civilian's death: "The family of an Iraqi civilian allegedly beaten to death by British troops today won a high court challenge against the government's refusal to order an independent inquiry into his death.

The death of Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist, was one of six test cases in which the families of Iraqi civilians allegedly killed by British troops in Iraq sought independent inquiries into the deaths.

Relatives argued that, under human rights laws, they were entitled to unprecedented investigations into whether troops were guilty of unlawful killing. The other five families had their applications for judicial reviews rejected."

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