British Royal Military police probes into the crimes comitted against Iraqi civilians by British soldier. Presently, the British Ministry of Defence studies 33 cases. However, Mr. Phil Shiner, the lawyer representing the victims, says there “could be hundreds of uninvestigated claims of abuse,” The Guardian informs Nov. 14.

Nevertheless, Bill Rammell, the Armed Forces Minister, maintains “there is not any evidence of endemic abuse within the Armed Forces.” According to him, “the vast majority of 120,000 British troops in Iraq have conducted themselves to the highest standards of behaviour. Only a tiny number of individuals have fallen short of our high standards,” the source says referring to BBC.

It is known that many “victims had waited years before coming forward out of fear because the level of abuses was so high that people feared that the British could detain them,” the source cites BBC.

Meanwhile, Mr. Shiner strives to find just resolution to the cases among which is that of Baha Mousa — an Iraqi who died after being taken into UK military custody. Mousa and nine other civilians were arrested at a hotel in Basra in September 2003. The 26-year-old father-of-two died the following day, having suffered 93 separate injuries, including fractured ribs and a broken nose.