Iraq Red Cap deaths ‘unavoidable’
Six Red Caps killed by a mob in Iraq in 2003 should have been better equipped, but their deaths could not have been avoided, a coroner has said. The military policemen’s relatives said Scotland Yard should investigate and that officers who did not obey orders should be court-martialled. Coroner Nicholas Gardiner said the men should not have been given antiquated radios and little ammunition. Full Story