A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
To one, and they are worrying about their status and what will happen. Oxford has been around for 700 years and it has never had a campus in another country and this is an extraordinary shift and i suspect other universities might consider it as well. I read that there was an Orchestra Planning to move from britain to somewhere in another part of europe for the same reason, so it is not just businesses of europe for the same reason, so it is notjust businesses that will consider moving away from here. There will be no music and learning and we will sit here remembering what it was like in the past. The times, David Attenborough dives in again at 90. Another series to look forward to from David Attenborough, this time focusing on the oceans. 90 yea rs old this time focusing on the oceans. 90 years old and still working. An extraordinary tribute to him. Not many people achieved that. He says he is thrilled to be going back underwater. The series promises never before seen species includi
To one, and they are worrying about their status and what will happen. Oxford has been around for 700 years and it has never had a campus in another country and this is an extraordinary shift and i suspect other universities might consider it as well. I read that there was an Orchestra Planning to move from britain to somewhere in another part of europe for the same reason, so it is not just businesses of europe for the same reason, so it is notjust businesses that will consider moving away from here. There will be no music and learning and we will sit here remembering what it was like in the past. The times, David Attenborough dives in again at 90. Another series to look forward to from David Attenborough, this time focusing on the oceans. 90 yea rs old this time focusing on the oceans. 90 years old and still working. An extraordinary tribute to him. Not many people achieved that. He says he is thrilled to be going back underwater. The series promises never before seen species includi
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