Baha Mousa death 'a stain on army's character'
7 June 2010 Head of army during Iraq war attacks commander of regiment in whose custody a Basra hotel worker was beaten to death
General Sir Michael Jackson told the Baha Mousa inquiry that commanding officers were ultimately responsible for their regiments' actions. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP
The head of the army during the invasion of Iraq delivered a withering attack on the commander of the regiment in whose custody a civilian was beaten to death.
"It is absolute bedrock to the British army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command," General Sir Michael Jackson told the inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, a Basra hotel worker who died in September 2003.
The death of Mousa, 26, remained "a stain on the character of the British army", he added. Continued





General Sir Michael Jackson told the Baha Mousa inquiry that commanding officers were ultimately responsible for their regiments' actions. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP
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