Human rights wacko lawyers ambulance chasing cases against Brit soldiers in Basra

The Observer aka Guardian:

Britain's armed forces face a new wave of damaging legal actions over the alleged torture of detainees in Iraq, prompting concerns from defence chiefs over the role of UK law firms whom they accuse of placing military personnel 'under siege'.

Earlier this month Lord Guthrie, the former Chief of the Defence Staff, spoke of 'civilian solicitors from the UK who are touting for business on the streets of Basra'.

The law firm acting for Baha Mousa, the 26-year-old Iraqi hotel receptionist whose death while in the custody of the British army led to war crimes charges against three soldiers last week, is preparing a raft of cases against the military detailing new allegations of abuse and torture.

'The military like to suggest the Mousa case is the iceberg, not the tip. Unfortunately they are wrong,' said Phil Shiner, a solicitor with the Birmingham-based law firm Public Interest Lawyers (PIL). 'I'm acting in over 50 cases of which 22 involve torture or even death of civilians held in detention during occupation.'

This is a direct result of the UK signing onto the International Criminal Court and it is exactly why President Bush was wise to reject this treaty. The antiwar pukes will always use it to continue their opposition, even after they have lost the debate on the use of force. The discipline of troops is the responsibility of the military. What the antiwar pukes really want to do is to destroy the military so that it will be impossible to use force.

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