{"id":147641,"date":"2021-12-17T02:35:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T02:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=147641"},"modified":"2021-12-17T02:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T02:35:23","slug":"saddam-husseins-almost-2000-war-crimes-against-britons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/saddam-husseins-almost-2000-war-crimes-against-britons\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddam Hussein&apos;s almost 2,000 WAR CRIMES against Britons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Revealed: How Saddam Hussein subjected Britons to almost 2,000 WAR CRIMES following his invasion of Kuwait in 1990<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2,000 war crimes were committed against Britons following invasion of Kuwait\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A report kept hidden for 30 years reveals the scale of murder, torture and rape\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Over 300 victims were on a British Airways flight that landed in Kuwait just as Saddam Hussein invaded in 1990<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saddam Hussein\u2019s regime committed 2,000 war crimes against Britons following Iraq\u2019s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, a report kept secret for 30 years reveals today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Records released to the National Archives show the extent to which those seized during the Gulf War by the dictator\u2019s forces \u2013 mostly civilians \u2013 were murdered, tortured and raped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some had electric shocks applied to their head and testicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report, compiled by Special Branch investigators with the Royal Military Police in 1992, says there is \u2018compelling evidence of systematic breaches\u2019 of the Geneva Convention by Iraq, with 1,373 Britons held hostage, including 556 used as \u2018human shields\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/12\/17\/01\/51903019-10319655-image-a-11_1639706381072.jpg\" height=\"933\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saddam Hussein\u2019s regime committed 2,000 war crimes against Britons following Iraq\u2019s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, a report kept secret for 30 years reveals today<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 of these were on a British Airways flight that landed in Kuwait just as Saddam invaded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month Foreign Secretary Liz Truss apologised, admitting that ministers had been aware of the invasion but did not tell BA to divert the aircraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many on board claim the flight was not stopped because it was carrying a Special Forces intelligence-gathering team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday a Government spokesman again denied this.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eight held as human shields died as a result of their treatment, from heart attacks or suicide, after being released.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators from \u2018Operation Sand Castle\u2019 interviewed 1,868 witnesses and took a further 725 statements.<\/p>\n<p>They found 1,944 offences had been committed against British subjects and a further 1,506 against persons of other nationalities.<\/p>\n<p>The report concluded that there was \u2018considerable and compelling evidence of systematic and grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention [designed to protect civilians during wartime] committed by the Iraqi authorities, members of the Iraqi armed forces and their collaborators against the personal and property rights of British subjects.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The report reveals that eight people held as human shields died as a result of their treatment, either from heart attacks or suicide after being released by Saddam. Ten Britons were victims of attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>It added that \u2018the gratuitous use of violence by the Iraqi authorities and their collaborators to achieve their ends appears to have known no bounds.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Four Britons were subjected to \u2018inhuman treatment\u2019, including former Royal Marine Douglas Brand and his associate Patrick Trigg, who were captured when they tried to leave Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p>The pair said they were routinely beaten and had electric shocks applied to their head and testicles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/12\/17\/02\/51903011-10319655-image-a-12_1639706411495.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Records released to the National Archives show the extent to which those seized during the Gulf War by the dictator\u2019s forces \u2013 mostly civilians \u2013 were murdered, tortured and raped. Some had electric shocks applied to their head and testicles<\/p>\n<p>The report also details the \u2018severe beatings\u2019 handed out to five captured Special Forces operatives, who were \u2018randomly and gratuitously assaulted by their guards.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This is believed to refer to the Bravo Two Zero mission later recounted by Chris Ryan and Andy McNab in bestselling books.<\/p>\n<p>It adds that the men were \u2018beaten with canes, pieces of wood or improvised whips.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Although such assaults sometimes took place during interrogation, it is clear that the beatings were aimed at breaking the soldiers\u2019 spirits and will to resist, rather than by way of torture to extract specific information,\u2019 the Sand Castle memo details.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10319655\/How-Saddam-Hussein-subjected-Britons-nearly-2-000-WAR-CRIMES-following-invasion-Kuwait-1990.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revealed: How Saddam Hussein subjected Britons to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":147640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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