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British soldiers executed up to 20 Iraqi detainees, say witnesses - Middle East, World - Independent.co.uk

British soldiers executed up to 20 Iraqi detainees, say witnesses - Middle East, World - Independent.co.uk: "British soldiers in Iraq may have tortured, mutilated and executed up to 20 Iraqi detainees four years ago, according to five Iraqi civilians who say they saw the murders.

Lawyers acting for the five men produced a dossier yesterday which alleges the British Army executed the detainees at the Abu Naji military base where they had been taken after a three-hour gun battle near the southern Iraqi town of Majat-al-Kabir in May 2004."

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