Iraqi looters ‘commonly’ thrown into river by UK troops… some may have drowned, inquiry hears

‘An inquiry launched to examine claims British forces routinely threw Iraqi looters into a Basra waterway, possibly drowning some, heard that senior officers were well aware of the practice known colloquially as “wetting.”
An anonymous former Irish Guards officer issued a written statement at the inquiry into Iraq-era abuses. The inquiry takes the form of a series of coroner’s inquest into different cases.
The former officer said the “wetting” practice was widely known and was used by British troops to contain an outbreak of civil disorder and looting in the wake of the 2003 war.’

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