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| Britain sued over dead Iraqi boy | Britain sued over dead Iraqi boy |
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| The father of an Iraqi boy who says his son drowned after being forced into a river by British troops has begun legal action against the UK government. | |
| Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali was 15 when he was detained in Basra in May 2003, accused of looting. | Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali was 15 when he was detained in Basra in May 2003, accused of looting. |
| His father claims his son was abused by British troops before being driven to a local river and forced at gunpoint into the water, where he drowned. | |
| Four soldiers were acquitted of his manslaughter two years ago. | Four soldiers were acquitted of his manslaughter two years ago. |
| Solicitors acting on behalf of the dead boy's father and another man detained with his son have lodged papers at the High Court. | Solicitors acting on behalf of the dead boy's father and another man detained with his son have lodged papers at the High Court. |
| They claim that the British military had a policy known as "wetting", which involved forcing detainees into water. | |
| It is thought they are claiming more than £100,000 in compensation in total. | |
| The soldiers had been accused of forcing four suspected looters at gunpoint into the Shatt al-Basra canal to "teach them a lesson" in May 2003. | |
| The case was heard at a court martial in Colchester in 2006. | |
| Sgt Carle Selman, 39, then of the Coldstream Guards, and now with the Scots Guards, Guardsman Joseph McCleary, 24, and Guardsman Martin McGing, 22, both of the Irish Guards were all cleared. |