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Iraqis Who "Executed" British Soldiers Can Face War Crimes Trial, Judge Rules
2008-12-20
Two Iraqis accused of murdering British soldiers must stand trial in Baghdad - even if it leads to a death sentence, the High Court in London declared yesterday. The two men, both senior Ba'ath party members under Saddam Hussein, are currently being held by UK forces in Iraq.

Senior judges threw out their claim that their human rights would be breached if they were handed over to Iraqi justice.
Seems like a no-brainer: Faisal and Khalaf killed the two Brits during the war and did so in Iraq. Either military justice applies, in which case Faisal and Khalaf are non-uniform combatants and can be stood against a wall, or they were Iraqi soldiers in which case they're POWs. But in any case the trial (or field hearing) doesn't belong in Britain.
Faisal Al-Saadoon, 56, and Khalaf Mufdhi, 58, are accused of murdering father-of-two Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth and Sapper Luke Allsopp during the Iraq war in March 2003. The two bomb disposal experts were captured during an ambush of a supply column, driven to nearby Ba'ath headquarters and executed.

Sickening images of their bodies surrounded by cheering Iraqis were shown on Arab TV.
What would Churchill have done? And far away could the blast be seen when he did it?
The case marks a major departure from the Government's long-standing policy of not handing over criminal defendants to regimes which might execute them.
But Britain does not want to be seen to be undermining the Iraqi legal system and the legal powers for UK troops in Iraq to hold any prisoners expire at the end of this month, meaning soldiers at the cell block could themselves face criminal charges.
Posted by:Matt

#1  their health could always deteriate real fast
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2008-12-20 16:10  

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