ANTI-WAR campaigners have slammed a decision by international prosecutors to abandon a long-running inquiry into alleged British war crimes in Iraq, despite a “reasonable basis” to believe that atrocities had been committed.
On Wednesday the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s Fatou Bensouda said no full-scale investigation would take place into offences committed by British military personnel and the case would now be closed.
The report confirmed that there was a “reasonable basis to believe” members of the armed forces committed a number of war crimes – including wilful killing, torture, inhuman and cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity, rape and other forms of sexual violence.