British judge says headquarters okayed Iraq abuse
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A judge said on Monday the reason he had ordered charges dropped against the most senior British officer to be tried for prisoner abuse in Iraq was because headquarters had approved some of the abuses.
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A superior of three British soldiers accused of mistreating Iraqi detainees denied Wednesday at their court martial that he told one of them to give captured looters "a good kicking," as one of the defendants claimed.
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Three British soldiers pleaded not guilty at a court martial on Tuesday to abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi civilians in May 2003, although one admitted he had beaten a detained man.
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A British army colonel accused of failing to stop soldiers from abusing Iraqi detainees said in a letter that rough conditions in southern Iraq sometimes "got the better of otherwise professional troops," prosecutors said Friday in a court-martial proceeding.
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BERGEN, Germany -- A British soldier accused of abusing Iraqis in his custody was brought before a court-martial at a military base in Germany yesterday, the .rst such case against a British serviceman to come to trial.
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MANNHEIM, Germany - A military judge hearing evidence about the alleged abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison pressed the U.S. government Monday to speed up its investigation, warning that delays could derail the case against at least one of the accused soldiers...
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A senior British intelligence officer knew in January this year that Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib were allegedly being abused but failed to tell his superiors, The Independent on Sunday has reported.
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FORT BRAGG, N.C.  - A military judge on Thursday  threw out a potentially damaging statement made by Pfc. Lynndie  England, a U.S. soldier facing court martial over an Iraqi  prison abuse scandal who was photographed holding a detainee on  a leash.
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A UK soldier accused of abusing Iraqi civilians had been following orders, a court martial is told.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany  - British soldiers accused of  abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners were only  following orders that their detainees be "worked hard," defense  lawyers told a military court on Wednesday.
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A British soldier accused of abusing Iraqis in his custody was brought before a court-martial at a military base in Germany on Monday, the first such case against a British serviceman to come to trial.
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A military judge has recommended a court-martial for Pfc. Lynndie England in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, but said the young Army reservist was "easily led" and had been "heavily influenced" by an ex-boyfriend who is also charged in the case.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany  - A lawyer for one of three  British soldiers charged with abusing Iraqi detainees accused  their commanding officer on Friday of issuing orders which led  the soldiers to face trial.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany -- The judge in the court-martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi detainees urged public figures yesterday to avoid commenting on the case.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany  - The judge in the court  martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing and  sexually humiliating Iraqi detainees urged public figures on  Thursday to avoid commenting on the case.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany -- The highest-ranking of three British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi captives told authorities he did not report another defendant he saw mistreating the detainees because he had already reprimanded him, a court heard yesterday.
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A military judge today warned the US government that the slowness of its investigations into alleged abuse at an Iraqi prison could derail the cases against the accused soldiers.