Baha Mousa inquiry to quiz Geoff Hoon and Adam Ingram
27 May 2010 Two former Labour defence ministers are to be questioned at a public inquiry about the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British troops.
Ex-ministers Geoff Hoon and Adam Ingram will appear before the Baha Mousa Inquiry in June.
They are expected to be asked if they knew UK forces used banned prisoner-handling techniques in Iraq in 2003.
The inquiry is investigating claims UK soldiers beat to death Iraqi hotel receptionist Baha Mousa, 26, in 2003.
He was found dead in Basra, southern Iraq, with 93 separate injuries after being held in the custody of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. Continued





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