§ Mr. SoamesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he first made representations to his US counterpart regarding the International Committee of the Red Cross report on maltreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US forces in Iraq. [174592]
§ Mr. Rammell[holding answer 20 May 2004]: I have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Glenda Jackson) on 26 May 2004, Official Report, column 163SW.
§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date his Department provided the classified examples on targets chosen in the war to which reference is made at paragraph 30 of the Government's response to the Defence Committee report on Lessons of Iraq, HC635. [178745]
§ Mr. IngramThe Ministry of Defence wrote to the Committee on 14 July 2003.
§ Glenda JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 8 June 2004,Official Report, columns 4–5WS, on Iraq, what the average time between an allegation by an Iraqi civilian of (a) ill-treatment, (b) injury and (c) death as a result of British military action and the opening of investigations into the allegations has been. [179018]
§ Mr. IngramThe Royal Military Police have a standard target of initiating an investigation within 24 hours of notification of an incident or allegation and this target has been met in all 75 cases investigated in Iraq which I referred to in my statement on 8 June 2004,Official Report, column 4–5WS.
§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 17 May 2004,Official Report, column 663W, on Iraq, on what date in March 2003 Mr. Zaher died. [179027]
§ Mr. IngramMr. Zaher Sabti Zaher died on 24 March 2003.
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§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what(a) the names of the individuals and (b) the (i) date and (ii) nature of the incident concerned is in each of the 75 cases of civilian deaths that are subject to investigation in Iraq. [179052]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 15 June 2004]: Of the 75 investigations of incidents involving civilians, 37 relate to deaths. The names of the deceased individuals (where known), together with the date and nature of the incident, are shown in the following table:
Date of incident Name Nature of incident 24 March 2003 Zaher Sabti Zaher Operations 12 April 2003 Kuwaiti national—further details unknown RTA 12 April 2003 Manik S. Mahmud Detainee 29 April 2003 Ather Khalaf Mohammed Operations 3 May 2003 Ali Salaam Operations 7 May 2003 Dyab Rehman Nasser RTA 8 May 2003 Radhi, Nama Detainee 11 May 2003 Nadhem Abdullah Operations 17 May 2003 Abdul Al Jubba Mousa Ali Detainee 18 May 2003 Hamza Abdul Hussein Al Askary RTA 18 May 2003 Ahmed Jabber Kareem Detainee 24 May 2003 Said Shabram Detainee 26 May 2003 Wael Jaber Raheem Operations 15 June 2003 Jassim Yassim Jabbar Al Shimillwy RTA 2 August 2003 Hassan Abbad Saied Operations 7 August 2003 A. J. Khalif Detainee 21 August 2003 Hanan S. Matrud Operations 24 August 2003 W. F. Muzban Operations 15 September 2003 Baha Daoud Salim Musa Detainee 27 December 2003 N. S. Khoulief Operations 1 January 2004 G. G. H. D. Roomi Operations 2 February 2004 S. A. Maltouf Operations 3 February 2004 S. Kazim RTA 18 February 2004 M. D. Habash RTA 5 March 2004 Unknown Operations 7 March 2004 S. A. A. Hamdy Operations 27 March 2004 A. A. A. Abdullah RTA 4 April 2004 Unknown Operations 6 April 2004 Unknown Operations 6 April 2004 Unknown Operations 7 April 2004 Unknown Operations 12 April 2004 Unknown Operations 3 May 2004 Unknown Operations 8 May 2004 Unknown Operations 8 May 2004 Unknown Operations 10 May 2004 Unknown Operations 14 May 2004 Unknown Operations
§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the families of Iraqi individuals whose deaths are or have been the subject of Special Investigation Branch inquiries have been given copies of official autopsy reports or equivalent documents. [177580]
§ Mr. IngramIn the majority of cases under investigation by the Special Investigations Branch into deaths of Iraqi civilians, families have refused to allow autopsies to be conducted on their relatives.
A United Kingdom pathologist has carried out autopsies on two Iraqi civilians whose deaths are being investigated by the Special Investigation Branch. Once these investigations are complete, and subject to the permission of the pathologist who conducted the autopsy, these reports could be made available to the relatives, if requested.