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Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims
(AP)
LONDON – Britain is opening an inquiry into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004..
Several Iraqis claim they were abused at a base called Camp Abu Naji in Maysan province after a battle between British troops and insurgents..
Lawyers claim up to 20 Iraqis were tortured and executed by British troops..
The uncle of one of the dead, 19-year-old Hamid Al-Sweady, is suing the Ministry of Defense along with five other Iraqis..
The military says all the dead were killed on the battlefield..
The inquiry, headed by a retired senior judge, opens Tuesday with a preliminary hearing..
Britain is also holding an investigation into the death of a hotel receptionist in Basra in 2003 and a separate wide-ranging public inquiry into the war.
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