Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who all the core participants in the Al-Sweady Inquiry were; and what the name and firm was of each of those participants' legal representatives. [196972]

Mr Francois, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: The following Iraqi nationals have been designated as core participants in the Al-Sweady Inquiry as they were either detained, or are related to those who died, during the engagements on 14 May 2004. All are represented by Public Interest Lawyers (PIL):

1. Hamzah Joudah Faraj ALMALJE

2. Mahdi Jasim Abdullah AL-BEHADILI

3. Ibrahim Gattan Hasan AL-ISMAEELI

4. Kadhim Abbas Lafta AL-BEHADILI

5. Abbas Abd Ali Abdulridha AL-HAMEEDAWI

6. Ahmed Jabbar Hammood AL-FURAIJI

7. Hussein Fadhil Abbas AL-BEHADILI

8. Atiyah Sayyid Abdulridha AL-BAIDHANI

9. Hussein Gubari Ali AL-LAMI

10. Kahz’al Jabratallah Khalad Mulla AL-HELFI

11. Hatar Moutashar Zeidan Shamekhy AL-LAMI

12. Khudhur Al-Swaiedi

13. Jasem Khalloufi Khreibet Al Alyawi AL-JAMINDARI

14. Ali Ati Raheemah AL-MOZANI

15. Rashak AL-AMSHANI

16. Sabrah Maryoosh HUSSEIN

17. Kamil Mowat Mohammed AL-MOZANI

18. Saad Radhi Khafeef AL-KEEMY

19. Yousef Ouda BADAY

20. Qassim Ghelan Neema Sahn AL-MAJIDI

21. Bareq Mohammed Hussein AL-KHALIFA

22. Ahmed Mshatat KAZEM

23. Karam Yaseen Laheet Sneshee AL-MOZANI

24. Zahra Resan MUHSIN

25. Abdelzahra Atti DAWOOD

26. Mahud Jihaijeh Dawood AL-MOZANI

27. Ali Jaseeb Ghazi AL-MUHAMMADAWI

28. Jabra Abdulah MOHSIN

29. Nasser Ali Husain AL-DOUGHAAN

The remaining Iraqi witnesses, most of whom are also represented by PIL, are considered by the inquiry to be witnesses rather than core participants.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is also a core participant in the Inquiry as it is the Government Department that was responsible for the conduct of the British Servicemen who are the subject of allegations.

Although the Treasury Solicitor’s Department is not a core participant, the Inquiry Chairman has accorded them equivalent status in recognition of the very large number (over 500) of current and former service personnel that they represent in this Inquiry.

A smaller number of military witnesses were either unrepresented or represented by Kennedy’s and are considered witnesses, not core participants.

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