Dead Iraqis ‘showed torture signs’, inquiry told

Graphic pictures of dead Iraqis, some showing signs of alleged torture at the hands of British troops, were shown at the opening of a public inquiry.

The bodies of the Iraqis — returned after they were taken to a British Camp during the Iraq War — showed apparent signs of torture, including missing eyes and mutilated genitals, the long-awaited Al-Sweady Inquiry heard.

The inquiry, ordered some three years ago, is examining claims that British soldiers murdered and tortured Iraqis after the Battle of Danny Boy in Maysan Province, southern Iraq, in May 2004.