Suit Alleges British War Crimes in Iraq

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040514/ap_on_re_mi_ea/france_britain_iraq&cid=540&ncid=1473

PARIS - A French lawyer claiming to represent a nephew of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) said he has filed suit at the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes by Britain in Iraq (news - web sites).



Jacques Verges, in a 15-page filing to the court he said he filed Thursday, also called on prosecutors to open an investigation into alleged crimes committed by the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq.


In the filing, Verges cited reports of abuse from Amnesty International, the International Committee for the Red Cross and U.S. Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who first investigated prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.


"Nobody doubts ... the reality of torture and systematic abuses of the dignity of Iraqi prisoners — followed possibly by murder — as much by the troops of the United States as those of Britain," Verges wrote.

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