British general 'horrified' by Baha Mousa injuries
17 May 2010 Sir John Reith tells inquiry into Iraqi's death that UK troops should never have used harsh interrogation methods
The general in charge of British operations in Iraq has said he was "absolutely horrified" by the number of injuries sustained by Baha Mousa, the Basra hotel worker who died in the custody of British soldiers in September 2003.
General Sir John Reith told the inquiry into Mousa's death: "If I had been aware that hooding for the purposes of interrogation, stress positions, white noise and/or the deprivation of food, water and/or sleep were being used in 2003 I would have ordered this to cease immediately."
The inquiry has heard that Mousa and other Iraqi civilians held by soldiers from the 1st Battalion the Queen's Lancashire Regiment were routinely hooded and beaten. Mousa died of asphyxia.
The abuse had continued despite an order by General Robin Brims in May 2003 that hooding must cease. Brims was commander of British troops in southern Iraq at the time. Continued
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