Lawyer Phil Shiner has had his come-uppance and lost all credibility for his witch-hunt against British troops….
One allegation concerned his claims at a press conference in February 2008, when he said British troops had killed and tortured Iraqi civilians at the 2004 so-called “Battle of Danny Boy”, in southern Iraq.
The tribunal heard Mr Shiner accepted he acted recklessly in saying Iraqis were taken alive and later murdered after the gun-fight.
The aftermath of the battle became a central point of the Al-Sweady public inquiry.
The five-year investigation, which cost £31m, ruled in 2014 that allegations of murder and torture made against British soldiers by Iraqi detainees were “deliberate lies”.
Mr Shiner denied the claims he made were dishonest.
The BBC unquestioningly reported Shiner’s accusations as fact. No mention of their own part in all this by the BBC.
Let’s have Lord Hall apologise to all those troops and their families who were put through hell and whom his ‘news’ organisation maligned. Perhaps he should consider his position. Perhaps MPs and the government should start asking questions about the role the national broadcaster played in the witch-hunt.
Yesterday the BBC was attacking the MOD for having prosecuted Sergeant Blackman for shooting a seriously injured Taliban…however why did the MOD prosecute? Because of the enormous pressue put upon them to show they were absolutely perfect and 100% adhering to the Geneva Covention and human rights considerations by the reporting and anti-war narratives from the likes of the BBC,, as above, that put massive, unrealistic and unreasonable constraints upon troops in battlefield conditions.
Forget disbarring him. (A CND supporter and “friend” of Corbyn.)
1. When is he going to be charged for fraud?
2. Where is the “crowd funded”, civil claim for damages from all the military personnel who’s lives and reputation have been destroyed?
3. AFTER the squaddies have been paid their dues – can we taxpayers have our money back?
4. Are the BBC going to report this?
Just another lefty with his snout in the trough, taking money from the taxpayer by maligning British servicemen.
1. He won’t be charged with fraud – he won’t be charged with anything.
2. How do we start such a thing?
3. See 2.
4. Yes – at the bottom of the 97th page of something so boring no-one will ever see it.
I wonder how much BBC have paid the cow Emily Thornberry who profited massively through persucuting our armed forces when will the slander from the Marxists stop? Never!!!
I see the BBC pursues its line of Kremlin hidden hand behind Trump win.
The NY Times article on this claim highlights the fact that both the Democrats and the Republicans lost control of emails in a similar time frame. This latter point is overlooked by the BBC.
Does selective Reporting result in Fake News stories?