Unconventional
British soldiers face trial for war crimes for the first time
IT SOUNDS bad. This week, three members of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment were charged with war crimes after the death of an Iraqi detainee. No British soldier has ever been formally charged with a war crime before. It conjures up images of Nuremberg, genocide and other atrocities.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Unconventional”
From the July 23rd 2005 edition
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