- Tony Blair shielded troops from civilian or ICC trials in Baha Mousa killing, files reveal
- Tony Blair shielded troops from civilian or ICC trials in Baha Mousa killing, files reveal - sashimi December 31, 2025, 5:24 am
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on December 31, 2025, 5:24 am
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30 Dec 2025 https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2025/12/30/761563/Iraq-UK-Tony-Blair-aha-Mousa-Antony-Phillipson- Newly disclosed government files show that former UK prime minister Tony Blair intervened to prevent civilian or international prosecution of British soldiers involved in the death of Baha Mousa, the Iraqi detainee killed in UK custody in one of the Iraq War's most notorious abuse cases. Mousa, a 26-year-old hotel receptionist and father of two, died on 15 September 2003 after being tortured for 36 hours at a British military facility in Basra. A post-mortem recorded 93 injuries on his body. Corporal Donald Payne later admitted to leading what soldiers called "the choir," a coordinated series of punches and kicks inflicted on detainees. In a July 2005 memo, Blair's private secretary for foreign affairs, Antony Phillipson, wrote to the prime minister that the case was likely to go to a court martial and that the attorney general retained the discretion to direct it toward a civil court if deemed appropriate. Blair hand-wrote on the document that the case "must not" be handled by a civil court. "It must not!" the former PM wrote on top of this paragraph in the files released. The records show Blair insisted the proceedings remain strictly within military jurisdiction, writing, "We have, in effect, to be in a position where the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not involved and neither is the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). That is essential." Ctd... |
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