The Joint Forward Intelligence Team or Joint Forward Interrogation Team[1] (JFIT) was an intelligence unit of the British Army which interrogated Iraqi prisoners between 2004 and 2007 at the Shaibah Logistics Base located thirteen miles south-west of Basra.[2][3][4][5]
Former prisoners interviewed by the legal firm Public Interest Lawyers "alleged that British soldiers, including at least one female soldier, were responsible for abuse that included sexual abuse, stress positions, sleep deprivation and beatings".[2]
See also[]
- Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
- Forward Intelligence Team
- Iraq Historic Allegations Team
References[]
- ↑ Ian Cobain (5 November 2010). "Abuse claims lift cloak of secrecy over Britain's Iraq interrogation base". London. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/05/military-iraq. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tom Coghlan (8 March 2010). "New inquiry into torture claims as Iraq votes for its future". London. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7053351.ece.
- ↑ "Secret Army squad 'abused Iraqis', lawyers claim". BBC News. 1 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8437090.stm. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ "Iraqi prisoners ‘were sexually humiliated by female British soldier’". London. 2 January 2010. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6973482.ece.
- ↑ Ian Cobain (1 July 2010). "Iraq deaths in British custody could see military face legal challenges". London. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/01/iraq-deaths-custody-military-legal. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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