UK troopers to face 11 more ‘trials’ over Iraq deaths

The UK High Court has ruled that 11 separate probes should be held into British troops’ conduct in Iraq.

According to Press TV quoting Daily Telegraph, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) ordered the inquest-style hearings into the deaths of 11 Iraqi civilians during the British occupation of Iraq after the March 2003 US-led invasion of the country.
The scale of investigation into UK troops’ atrocities in Iraq is disclosed a day after another trooper was jailed for a minimum of 10 years for indiscriminate killing of an injured Afghan. Royal Marine Sgt Alexander Blackman was convicted of murdering a wounded fighter in Afghanistan.
The new inquiries were ordered by the MoD in response to a High Court ruling regarding the investigation of Iraqi civilians’ deaths under Article Two of the European Convention on Human Rights — the right to life — which is incorporated into domestic law through the Human Rights Act.
However, the High Court dismissed demands for a public inquiry into the deaths.