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British Troops War Crimes in Iraq?

“When Ihat [Iraq Historic Allegations Team] closed, outstanding cases were reduced, overnight, from 3,400 to just 20. It had cost the taxpayer £34m and failed to secure a single prosecution.

Fifteen years after it began, we are no closer to holding any politicians or high-ranking soldiers accountable for the disaster of the Iraq war.”

“The last person in Britain to be prosecuted for crimes committed by forces under their command was in 1651 during the civil war.”

Why we may never know

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