Britain accused of hiding War Crimes in Afghanistan, Iraq
London … News Time
British broadcasters BBC and the Sunday Times have accused the British government and the military of hiding the concrete evidence of war crimes against civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq by British troops. French news agency AFP reports in the research revealed in the research in the leaks of two inquiries by the British Government into the conduct of troops in conflict, soldiers were found guilty of murdering children and torturing civilians. Allegations against the British government and the military include the killings by SAS Elite unit soldiers, the deaths, beatings, torture and sexual exploitation of prisoners detained by members of the Black Watch Infantry Unit. Military investigators who uncovered evidence of alleged war during a one-year investigation by the Sunday Times and the BBC’s Panorama program said senior commanders hid it for political reasons. An investigator tells the BBC that the British Defense Ministry had no intention of taking action against a soldier even if it had any rank unless it was absolutely necessary and they could not find a way out of this mess. The British Ministry of Defense, however, dismissed the allegations as false, saying that the decisions of prosecutors and investigators were free and included legal advice. The new allegations surfaced with 2 investigations into war crimes from the Iraqi Historic Alliance Team (IHAT) and Operation North Moore in 2017, with no prosecution. The British government decides to stop the investigation when Phil Shiner, a lawyer who recorded hundreds of allegations he was barred from advocating, seeking clients in Iraq to pay people.
