Official Torture Inquiry To Slap Army On Wrist?

The leaked report of the Baha Mousa inquiry into how the Iraqi father of two died in British custody in Basra in 2003 clears the military of systematic torture and mistreatment, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
An official report will condemn British soldiers for closing ranks, dereliction of duty and criticise the army's investigation of the murder of Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa, it was reported today.
But the document will criticise the conduct of individual soldiers and highlight "numerous failures" in the army's chain of command, the paper claimed. But will charges follow? Will any officers or Colonels or Generals be reprimanded or demoted. Will semi-literate squaddies take the rap as usual. We all know the answer.
Mr Mousa sustained 93 injuries while being held by 1st Battalion the Queen's Lancashire Regiment in Basra, southern Iraq, in 2003.
The judge-led inquiry, chaired by Sir William Gage, heard oral evidence from 247 witnesses over 115 days of hearings between July 2009 and October 2010 and is due to publish its report on September 8.