Operations in Iraq
can I indicate a response which was actually made in parliament with regard to prisoners detained by UK forces and handed over to the Americans:
'In areas outside multinational division south east, UK forces have undertaken operations to capture individuals who were subsequently detained by the United States. These individuals do not feature in the data that I have set out today, but I want to reassure the House that the review has concluded that UK forces have exercised appropriately their responsibilities towards all captured personnel handed to US custody, whether in Multi-national Division (South East) or elsewhere, and that it has uncovered no evidence of mistreatment'. Now this answer is in Hansard Column 394 on 26 February 2009.
He continued 'our detention operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are underpinned by arrangements with our international partners. We have a memorandum of understanding in place with the government of Afghanistan signed on 23 April 2006, covering the treatment of individuals detained by UK forces and transferred to Afghan custody. We also have a memorandum of understanding with Iraq, agreed on 8 November 2004, on the treatment of detainees transferred to Iraqi custody. Iraqi Interior, Justice and Defence Ministers have confirmed to us that Iraqi detention procedures remain consistent with the principles set out in that memorandum of understanding'.
Now read the above with great care but check the dates as to when these came into operation and what has been done to ensure that the above comments are still valid or were valid at the time that our soldiers were detaining people. Exactly what has happened to all the people we detained, where are they now? Will the government dare to put into the public domain the various agreements and memorandi as refrred to by the new Minister.
I wonder if Gordon Brown will dare to ask that confirmation of this comment will be given in public by the new President. If he can then he should otherwise we will know that the statement made by Hutton was just so much waffle, and half truth.
'In areas outside multinational division south east, UK forces have undertaken operations to capture individuals who were subsequently detained by the United States. These individuals do not feature in the data that I have set out today, but I want to reassure the House that the review has concluded that UK forces have exercised appropriately their responsibilities towards all captured personnel handed to US custody, whether in Multi-national Division (South East) or elsewhere, and that it has uncovered no evidence of mistreatment'. Now this answer is in Hansard Column 394 on 26 February 2009.
He continued 'our detention operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are underpinned by arrangements with our international partners. We have a memorandum of understanding in place with the government of Afghanistan signed on 23 April 2006, covering the treatment of individuals detained by UK forces and transferred to Afghan custody. We also have a memorandum of understanding with Iraq, agreed on 8 November 2004, on the treatment of detainees transferred to Iraqi custody. Iraqi Interior, Justice and Defence Ministers have confirmed to us that Iraqi detention procedures remain consistent with the principles set out in that memorandum of understanding'.
Now read the above with great care but check the dates as to when these came into operation and what has been done to ensure that the above comments are still valid or were valid at the time that our soldiers were detaining people. Exactly what has happened to all the people we detained, where are they now? Will the government dare to put into the public domain the various agreements and memorandi as refrred to by the new Minister.
I wonder if Gordon Brown will dare to ask that confirmation of this comment will be given in public by the new President. If he can then he should otherwise we will know that the statement made by Hutton was just so much waffle, and half truth.
posted by Catch22 at 5:37 AM
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