New allegations against British soldiers in Iraq
Iraqis 'abused by British soldiers'
Iraqi brothers say they were beaten and abused by British soldiers
New claims of Iraq prisoner abuse
Iraqis allege abuses by British soldiers
New Iraq abuse allegations hit British troops
The claims refer to incidents that allegedly took place in around April 2003.
Aside: Just adding this to the most recent post. Here's one view (also here, here, here) on the root of the problem:
In a reference to abuse in Iraq, Gen Lamb said: "The officers and men under our command did not live up to the standard we expected of them. Those who failed were empowered when they should not have been, were left unsupervised when we probably knew they should not have, were allowed to embrace and populate a culture that was simply unworthy of us all."
He appeared to suggest that the problems were exacerbated by having to recruit and retain soldiers of poor quality because of the pressure of military commitments.
This was also an issue in the Deepcut scandal; as I noted in my post there, there are deeper problems than just "Army culture".
Since this seems to be the latest post, Allegations of ill-treatment after protest by Iraqi detainees.
Now a big one, with a "trophy video". 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Analysis: 1, 2, 3, 4. Commentary: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Discussion: 1, 2, 3. Backlash against British Army? 1, 2. A conspiracy theory.
Later on: Australian 'tortured and beaten' by British soldiers.
And: Kidnap and torture: new claims of Army war crimes in Iraq
A follow-up, once the courts-martial for the six cases were complete: Troops need more training over prisoners
