Liberation In Iraq Goes On - by Torture!
From: americanholocaust@yahoogroups.com, "Christopher" After proofs for US torture in Iraq ( e g message 2971 ) also the British poodles seem to torture Iraqis: The convention of Geneva is meaningless for the anglo-saxon Axis of the Saints. From "The Telegraph" and from "The Sun" Eight-man unit to be questioned over Iraqi PoW 'torture' pictures By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent The investigation into alleged torture of Iraqi prisoners of war was dramatically widened last night when Army investigators began questioning the other members of the eight-man unit of a soldier arrested last week. The troops serve in the same section of 1bn Royal Regiment of Fusiliers as the private held after developing a roll of film that allegedly showed Iraqi PoWs being tortured and humiliated. Officers from the Special Investigation Branch (SIB) of the Royal Military Police are attempting to discover how many troops were involved in the incident and whether it was a one-off breach of discipline or part of a wider regime of abuse of PoWs. The inquiry will extend to the highest reaches of the regiment as the SIB seeks to uncover why there appears to have been such a dramatic failure of command and control and what part may have been played by non-commissioned officers and officers. A senior officer told The Telegraph: "Every eight-man section in the British Army should be commanded by two NCOs: there are three sections in a platoon, which is commanded by an officer and a sergeant. The big question is where all these NCOs and officers were when these alleged incidents were taking place." Any troops found to have abused or tortured Iraqi PoWs would be charged and court-martialled and any found guilty would be jailed and dishonourably discharged from the Army. Commanders of every front-line unit that served in the Iraqi war have been ordered to carry out their own inquiries into the conduct of troops during the campaign. The Fusiliers were twice visited by the Chief of the General Staff, Gen Sir Mike Jackson, who is said to have described them as a "thoroughly competent and well-organised infantry battalion". He is "saddened" by the situation and angry that the "good name of the British Army appears to have been tarnished by a few ill- disciplined and unprofessional soldiers". The allegations of war crimes come 10 days after it emerged that Col Tim Collins, the commanding officer of the 1st Bn Royal Irish Regiment, was under investigation for allegedly ordering a mock execution and pistol-whipping a Ba'ath Party official. The new allegations emerged after Gary Bartlam, an 18-year-old Fusilier private, was arrested on Wednesday following the developing of a roll of film at a high street shop in Tamworth, Staffs. He is being held in custody at Colchester for questioning by the SIB. One picture, apparently taken in a warehouse, showed a man stripped to the waist and suspended high in the air by a rope attached to a fork-lift truck. A soldier driving the truck could be seen staring at his victim and apparently laughing. Another picture showed a pair of white legs and the head of an Iraqi. The hand of a man behind the Iraqi's head appeared to be forcing him to perform a sex act. A third picture showed a pair of bare bottoms with an Iraqi on his knees on the floor and his body bent. Another man was pressed behind him in what seemed to be a sexual position. The fourth picture appears to show two naked Iraqis cowering on the ground. A senior defence official said: "On face value this appears to be a shocking and appalling act and goes against everything the British Army is all about and has tried to achieve in the Basra area in particular. "The tragedy this is that the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers did a fantastic job in Iraq and now that looks as though it is about to be ruined. It is clear that more than one person was involved, which makes you wonder where the non-commissioned officers were - and indeed the officers." NOW who will have BB nookie? Sun, Jun 1, 2003 EXCLUSIVE My horror at PoW sex abuse pics By JOHN SCOTT and MICHAEL LEA THE young mum who uncovered the Iraqi PoW sex snaps scandal said last night: "I felt sick to the stomach at those pictures." Kelly Tilford, 22, called police after developing a film in her photo shop. The shocking pictures - revealed by The Sun yesterday - showed male Iraqis apparently forced into sexual positions by their British captors. In another a prisoner was suspended by rope from a fork- lift truck driven by a laughing Brit. Fusilier Gary Bartlam, 18, of Tamworth, Staffs, is being grilled by the Army's top criminal investigator - amid fears the scandal is the tip of an iceberg. Disgusted Kelly said she knew she had to call police after seeing the horrific scenes in Gulf War II snaps she had just developed. Kelly said: "I immediately realised something terribly wrong had happened and something had to be done about it. "I started shaking and was panicking in case the guy came back before I could raise the alarm." She spoke out last night as Bartlam, of the 1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was in custody. Four snaps on Bartlam's roll of 25 exposures shocked the mum-of-two. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------