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Iraqi Families May Be at Troops' Abuse Trials

THE WORLD | IN BRIEF / BRITAIN

June 24, 2004|From Times Wire Reports

Some of the courts-martial planned for British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners could be held in Iraq in front of the families of the alleged victims, a senior British official said.

Four British soldiers from the Royal Fusiliers are scheduled to face courts-martial on charges of abusing prisoners in Iraq, and other cases of alleged abuses by British forces are being investigated, the government says.


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A Defense Ministry official said the number of cases under investigation by the Royal Military Police had risen to 79.

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