Britain Pulls Out Troops but Leaves Legacy of Torture in Iraq http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9003031221

Although the British troops put an end to their devastating presence in Iraq after eight years of occupation, many Iraqis are still seeking to revive their trampled rights.Britain concluded its naval training mission in Iraq on Sunday, more than eight years after it contributed the second largest contingent of troops to the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.During the period, many accusations were leveled against the British troops, but most of them remained unanswered.  The British forces are accused of financial corruption, including siphoning out millions of barrels of crude oil via Basra port to undeclared destinations.

They are also infamous for their horrific prisons and intelligence services that were tasked with eliminating opponents of Iraq's military occupation.Hamed Khalaf, a 42-year-old Basra resident, is one of the victims of the British soldiers' torturous act. He said in an interview with FNA in Basra that he can still remember the inhuman behavior of British soldiers."I was tortured by the British soldiers without standing a trial and while I was innocent, a kind of torture that I have never seen even during the dictatorial rule of Saddam," he stated. He further revealed that he had witnessed and experienced many types of torture and harsh interrogation techniques when he was kept in Basra's Abu Naji prison,

Southeast of Iraq. As regards the tactics and torture techniques used by the British soldiers on the inmates, Khalaf said that they forced prisoners to take off their cloths, deprived them of sleeping, intimidated prisoners, used electric shocks, shot them in the head, chest and face and broke their jaws and teeth. But still the worst accusation leveled against the British forces pertains to their use of depleted uranium. The depleted-uranium bombs and munitions used by the British Army against the Iraqi people in the 2003 invasion of the country have caused growing congenital deformities and mental retardation, 

not just for the present, but for the next three generations in Iraq.The existing proof and evidence in Iraq show that Britain has used depleted uranium against the Iraqi people. Use of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in Iraq has led to an increase in cancer patients and the birth of deformed infants.The shocking aftermaths of this inhumane action by the US and Britain will be seen in three future generations in Iraq and will damage the Muslim population for the long years to come due to the longevity of the depleted uranium.