Today’s defence-related news includes continued coverage of abuse claims against British soldiers in Iraq.
Iraq abuse claims
There is further coverage of historical abuse allegations in Iraq, including an article in The Daily Mail that wrongly claims Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has blocked serving personnel from giving evidence to the Defence Committee. Our position is below.
It is nonsense to suggest the military have been gagged. We have a long standing policy that serving personnel do not give evidence to committees in a personal capacity and it would be inappropriate to expect these individuals to do so while legal proceedings are on-going. MOD Ministers will be appearing in front of the committee.
Sun Military Awards 2016
The Sun reports that the Millies are back to salute another year of heroic service by the best armed forces in the world…our own. Now in their ninth year, the annual Sun Military Awards will again single out the very bravest and best from the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
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