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Iraqi family to sue MoD over death of family in Basra bombing

Tim | 30.10.2003 13:51 | Anti-militarism | London

An Iraqi family, now living in the UK has asked for help in bringing a case against the MoD for the deaths of family members killed when their house was wrongly targetted by so-called 'precision weapons'

The Hamoodi family, now living in the UK, haved asked lawyer Imran Khan to help them bring a case against the Ministry of Defence in the UK, following the death of ten members of the family when their house was bombed on April 5th. The Dead included a 70 year old woman and a 4 month old child, whose Basra home was destroyed by so-called 'precision weapons'. At the time the military said that they believed that the house was occupied by Ali Hassan al Majid, commonly referred to as 'Chemical Ali'. This turned out to be incorrect. The family is considering a civil case for unlawful killing or else gross negligence.
read more at

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1073968,00.html

Tim
- Homepage: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1073968,00.html

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