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<div id="js-article-text" class="article-text wide"><h1>British forces 'witnessed electric shocks,Toms Shoes Outlet, beatings and dog kennel torture of Iraqi prisoners in secret US prison in Baghdad'</h1><ul style="font-weight: bold;"></ul><p> By </p><p><span class="article-timestamp"><strong>PUBLISHED:</strong>02:12 GMT, 2 April 2013</span> <span class="article-timestamp"><strong>UPDATED:</strong>23:51 GMT, 2 April 2013</span></p><br><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">British troops working at a secretive US detention centre in Iraq saw prisoners being given electric shocks, brutally beaten and locked in &#8216;kennels&#8217;, it was claimed last night.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">For the first time, servicemen at the notorious Camp Nama in Baghdad have spoken of how they saw Americans abuse and torture terror suspects.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">One captive had his false leg pulled off and was beaten around the head with it, they said.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">But when the troops complained about the treatment, a British Army officer said: &#8216;You didn&#8217;t see that &#8211; do you understand?&#8217;</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The claims will fuel suspicions that military chiefs and ministers turned a blind eye to the abuse,Toms Shoes Outlet.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The allegations follow the scandal over Baha Mousa, a civilian beaten to death by British troops in Iraq in 2003 and abuses at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">At Camp Nama, two RAF squadrons and an Army Air Corps unit had guard and transport duties while SAS and SBS troops were based nearby.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The joint US-UK special forces unit, code-named Task Force 121,Toms Shoes Sale, worked to seize key insurgents.But few British personnel were allowed into the camp&#8217,not professorial br;s interrogation area. <br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">This included a room with every surface painted black, where the worst abuses are said to have been carried out.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">On the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, former UK personnel have come forward.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Two SAS members told how they saw two Iraqi prisoners being tortured in an area run by Delta Force, the US special forces unit.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">One said: &#8216;They were given electric shocks from cattle prods and their heads were held under the water in the swimming pool.&#8217;</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Witnesses said prisoners were held in cells the size of large dog kennels made of wire mesh and corrugated iron.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">One told The Guardian: &#8216,Toms Shoes Outlet;The prisonerswere taken into a hangar to be bagged and tagged, a bag put over their heads and their hands plasticuffed behind their backs,karen millen sale. They would be driven to the Joint Operations Centre. They were in pretty poor shape when they were taken out,For this reason or d.&#8217;</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Everyone's seen the Abu Ghraib pictures,karen millen dresses. But I've seen it with my own eyes.'</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Another former soldier said: 'I saw one man having his prosthetic leg being pulled off him, and being beaten about the head with it before he was thrown onto the truck,Toms Outlet.'</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">Suspects were brought to the secret prison at Baghdad international airport, known as Camp Nama for questioning by both US military and civilian interrogators.</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">Their methods were so brutal that they drew condemnation not only from a US human rights body but from a special investigator reporting to the Pentagon.</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">The Guardian reports that Geoff Hoon, defence secretary at the time,Toms Outlet, insisted he had no knowledge of the camp or the activities carried out there. </font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">When it was pointed out to him that the British military had provided transport services and a guard force, and had helped to detain Nama&#8217;s inmates,he won the hearts o,karen millen sale, he reportedly replied: &#8216;I&#8217,karen millen dresses;ve never heard of the place.&#8217;</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">In the same manner the MoD has repeatedly failed to address questions about ministerial approval of British operations at Camp Nama.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Nor would the department say whether ministers had been made aware of concerns about human rights abuses there.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">There is no suggestion UK personnel carried out any abuse but questions have been raised about what ministers knew.</font></p><p> </p>            </div>

<div id="js-article-text" class="article-text wide"><h1>British forces 'witnessed electric shocks,Toms Shoes Outlet, beatings and dog kennel torture of Iraqi prisoners in secret US prison in Baghdad'</h1><ul style="font-weight: bold;"></ul><p> By </p><p><span class="article-timestamp"><strong>PUBLISHED:</strong>02:12 GMT, 2 April 2013</span> <span class="article-timestamp"><strong>UPDATED:</strong>23:51 GMT, 2 April 2013</span></p><br><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">British troops working at a secretive US detention centre in Iraq saw prisoners being given electric shocks, brutally beaten and locked in &#8216;kennels&#8217;, it was claimed last night.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">For the first time, servicemen at the notorious Camp Nama in Baghdad have spoken of how they saw Americans abuse and torture terror suspects.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">One captive had his false leg pulled off and was beaten around the head with it, they said.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">But when the troops complained about the treatment, a British Army officer said: &#8216;You didn&#8217;t see that &#8211; do you understand?&#8217;</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The claims will fuel suspicions that military chiefs and ministers turned a blind eye to the abuse,Toms Shoes Outlet.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The allegations follow the scandal over Baha Mousa, a civilian beaten to death by British troops in Iraq in 2003 and abuses at the US-run Abu Ghraib prison.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">At Camp Nama, two RAF squadrons and an Army Air Corps unit had guard and transport duties while SAS and SBS troops were based nearby.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The joint US-UK special forces unit, code-named Task Force 121,Toms Shoes Sale, worked to seize key insurgents.But few British personnel were allowed into the camp&#8217,not professorial br;s interrogation area. <br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">This included a room with every surface painted black, where the worst abuses are said to have been carried out.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">On the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, former UK personnel have come forward.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Two SAS members told how they saw two Iraqi prisoners being tortured in an area run by Delta Force, the US special forces unit.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">One said: &#8216;They were given electric shocks from cattle prods and their heads were held under the water in the swimming pool.&#8217;</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Witnesses said prisoners were held in cells the size of large dog kennels made of wire mesh and corrugated iron.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">One told The Guardian: &#8216,Toms Shoes Outlet;The prisonerswere taken into a hangar to be bagged and tagged, a bag put over their heads and their hands plasticuffed behind their backs,karen millen sale. They would be driven to the Joint Operations Centre. They were in pretty poor shape when they were taken out,For this reason or d.&#8217;</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Everyone's seen the Abu Ghraib pictures,karen millen dresses. But I've seen it with my own eyes.'</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Another former soldier said: 'I saw one man having his prosthetic leg being pulled off him, and being beaten about the head with it before he was thrown onto the truck,Toms Outlet.'</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">Suspects were brought to the secret prison at Baghdad international airport, known as Camp Nama for questioning by both US military and civilian interrogators.</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">Their methods were so brutal that they drew condemnation not only from a US human rights body but from a special investigator reporting to the Pentagon.</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">The Guardian reports that Geoff Hoon, defence secretary at the time,Toms Outlet, insisted he had no knowledge of the camp or the activities carried out there. </font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">When it was pointed out to him that the British military had provided transport services and a guard force, and had helped to detain Nama&#8217;s inmates,he won the hearts o,karen millen sale, he reportedly replied: &#8216;I&#8217,karen millen dresses;ve never heard of the place.&#8217;</font></p><p><font style="font-size:1.2em;">In the same manner the MoD has repeatedly failed to address questions about ministerial approval of British operations at Camp Nama.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Nor would the department say whether ministers had been made aware of concerns about human rights abuses there.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">There is no suggestion UK personnel carried out any abuse but questions have been raised about what ministers knew.</font></p><p> </p>            </div>