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No action on Gulf War detainees

01 January 1992

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An internal inquiry into the detention of 90 innocent Iraqis during the Gulf War has concluded that no action should be taken against MI5, the Special Branch and Immigration officials who drew up the list.

The inquiry was made by Sir Philip Woodfield, formerly Permanent Under Secretary at the Northern Ireland Office and currently the Staff Counsellor for MI5. His secret report to the Home Secretary said the officers involved should be neither criticised nor disciplined.

The list was apparently based on out-of-date files and scant suspicions. A spokesperson for Amnesty International said: "An inquiry which simply exonerates the perpetrators of the violations does nothing to stop abuses of human rights happening again".

Independent 16.12.91.

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