Baha Mousa inquiry:

And they say our torturing was carried out by rouge soldiers and private contractors!!

US concerned about 'milder' British methods in Iraq

30 March 2010 Senior UK intelligence officer warned of concerns just as Iraqi civilian died in British custody

The UK's most senior military intelligence officer in Iraq warned that the US was expressing concern about the ineffectiveness of British interrogation methods just as an Iraqi civilian died in British custody, it was disclosed today.

The implication of the warning, revealed in evidence to the inquiry into the death of Basra hotel worker Baha Mousa in 2003, was that the US wanted British forces to adopt tougher techniques even though they were already using methods officially banned by the government.

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Clapham also warned about breaching the Geneva conventions and about criticism from the Red Cross of the treatment of Iraqi detainees by British soldiers. Mousa died after suffering asphyxia.

It is unclear whether Duncan or Clapham knew of the death when they exchanged their emails. The US was concerned that "UK interrogation was not producing results in Iraq", Duncan told the inquiry today .

"There was an ongoing issue in relation to views expressed by the US military and civilian intelligence community that the UK intelligence elements were not obtaining enough information and intelligence from prisoners held by UK forces." -->-->-->