A British soldier was investigated for possible war crimes for thrusting a piece of paper at a Taliban fighter, it has emerged.
He
was accused of abuse for touching the terror suspect on the nose with
the sheet during a routine interrogation in Afghanistan.
The
enemy fighter had been captured and detained as a potential ringleader
in the murder and mutilation of four French soldiers in 2008.
But
it was the military intelligence officer, who had an exemplary record,
who was investigated for possible war crimes amid claims he had broken
rules banning the touching of prisoners during interrogation.
On another occasion an interrogator was probed for shouting in a suspect’s ear in case he burst an ear drum, it was claimed.
The investigation is said to have taken place four years after the alleged offence.
The
incidents came to light after the Ministry of Defence tightened the
rules governing tactical questioning in the wake of several
highly-damaging allegations that UK troops abused captives in their
custody.
The
changes have led to considerable disquiet in the military that soldiers
are being hampered in their ability to extract information from
insurgents that could potentially save lives.
Last
week, the Al Sweady Inquiry report into the fallout from a firefight in
Iraq in 2004 which became known as the Battle of Danny Boy concluded
that insurgents and their families had used ‘deliberate lies’ to smear
British troops.
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British soldier investigated for war crimes after touching Taliban terror suspect on nose with piece of paper
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