UK troops accused of mutilating Iraqi bodies

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Death certificates by Iraqi doctor claim evidence of torture

Military police are investigating claims that British soldiers mutilated the bodies of Iraqi insurgents after a firefight last month near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al Kabir.

The allegations are contained in official death certificates seen by the Guardian written by Dr Adel Salid Majid, the director of the hospital in Majar al Kabir, on May 15, the day after the battle.

Seven of the certificates state that corpses handed over to hospital authorities by British troops showed signs of "mutilation" and "torture".

Dr Majid's conclusions have been questioned by a senior doctor at the Amara general hospital, 25km to the north. Speaking anonymously to the Guardian, he disputed his colleague's claims after examining one of the seven corpses in question.

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