Iraqis Accuse British Troops of Unlawful Killing

World | May 5, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00

Lawyers for 14 Iraqi families who allege their relatives were unlawfully killed by British troops in post-war Iraq took their case to London's High Court. The Ministry of Defence refuses to accept responsibility for the deaths but the families' lawyer, Phil Shiner, demanded a judicial review to examine whether the killings were a violation of the victims' right to life under the European law.

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