*Ø* Blogmanac | More Prisoner Abuse Charges -- Brit Troops, Too

UK troops face prisoner abuse charges

In Britain new claims of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers have emerged.

One newspaper reports three soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers face charges of serious sexual assault, inciting rape and breach of the Geneva Convention.

This coincides with the revelation that British military intelligence officers were interrogating prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison during the time that news of the abuse was becoming known.

This threatens to drag the British Government into the international outrage over the photos of abuse by US soldiers.

Yesterday, the Blair Government admitted it had received the Red Cross report raising concerns of a pattern of abuse of prisoners in Iraq back in February.

The Government is now under pressure to reveal exactly what it knew about the mistreatment of prisoners, when it knew it and what action it has taken.

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