Asked where the men were being taken, the MoD had initially indicated that they were en route to a prisoner of war camp, one inspected regularly by the Red Cross.
Later it became clear that this was not correct: they were being transported to an altogether more secret location. The truth about the mission raises some searching questions about the legality of some of the British forces’ operations carried out in close co-operation with US allies.
RAF helicopter death revelation leads to secret Iraq detention camp
Do read the article because what we have here is some quite explicit war crimes committed by the US and UK armed forces. When they say “question the legality” they mean in reference to these acts in particular (plus the British MoD’s evasion in investigation/prosecution of these crimes), but these crimes can be added to a massive list which should question the legality of the entire invasion and ongoing (yes, ongoing, despite what Pappa Obama told you) occupation. But it won’t. Only the “losers” of the war get to be prosecuted for such heinous acts, it seems. Nuremburg is dead, to the victor go the spoils.
posted : Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
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