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Troops face tougher training to deter abuse of civilian detainees

published Mon, Mar 08 2010 12:25 GMT
• Abuse 'not only wrong but self-defeating', says Rammell• MoD to set up special unit to investigate Iraq allegationsTraining of British soldiers is to be improved to avoid abuse of civilian detainees and better reflect the demands of future warfare, the government disclosed today.In a related development, the Ministry of Defence is setting up a special unit to investigate all allegations of abuse of Iraqis by UK troops. The Iraq historic allegations team is a response to the MoD's failure to deal with a string of complaints from lawyers representing former detainees.The moves were announced today by Bill Rammell, the armed forces minister, on the eve of the opening of a new public inquiry into claims that British soldiers murdered ...

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