News In Photos September 8 2011: The Killing Of Baha Mousa
THE NEWS in Photos for September 8 2011:
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File photo dated 29/07/2004 of Daoud Mousa holding pictures of his grandchildren outside the High Court in London where he alleged that his son Baha died whilst in the custody of British soldiers in southern Iraq. A landmark report into abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers is today expected to condemn failings in the Army’s chain of command that resulted in an innocent civilian being brutally beaten to death.
Issue date: Thursday September 08, 2011. Father-of-two Baha Mousa, 26, died after sustaining 93 injuries while in the custody of 1st Battalion the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment (1QLR) in Basra, southern Iraq, in 2003.
A worker walks through the Hacker Pschorr beer tent during preparations for the 178th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. The world’s largest beer festival, to be held from Sept. 17 to Oct. 3, 2011 expects several millions visitors.
Race car driver Danica Patrick gestures during an interview in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Action from third race during today’s meeting at Laytown, Ireland.
Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki of Japan makes a catch on a fly ball hit by Los Angeles Angels’ Torii Hunter during the eighth inning of their baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Anaheim, Calif.
Prime Minister David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson play tennis during the International Paralympic Day in Trafalgar Square, London.
Picture date: Thursday September 8, 2011. Photo credit should read: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire
Alex Knight looks at a section of steel from the wreckage of the 9/11 attack on New York’s World Trade Centre twin towers, believed to be from the North Tower, on display at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) North in Manchester.
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