Interrogation unit under investigation

A secret British military interrogation unit is being investigated after dozens of Iraqis alleged they suffered abuse, sources said.

The detainees’ lawyers said the Joint Forward Intelligence Team (JFIT) was not answerable to the Army chain of command but operated as a “compound within a compound”.

The Iraqi prisoners complained they were tortured by being hooded, put in “stress positions”, disorientated, and deprived of sleep and daylight, with interrogators threatening to rape their wives and mothers, according to their legal team.

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Phil Shiner, from Public Interest Lawyers, called for the Government to investigate the alleged use of unlawful, coercive interrogation methods.

He is representing 47 Iraqis who have come forward alleging abuse and said around 20 cases were ready to go to the High Court.

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