The British authorities are investigating 33 new claims of abuse against UK troops who were stationed in Iraq.<br /><br />The allegations by former Iraqi detainees include accusations of serious sexual abuse and torture, including one case in which a 16-year-old Iraqi says he was raped by two British soldiers on an army base.<br /><br />One of the victims has likened the alleged abuse to the torture that took place in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, which was run by US forces.<br /><br />Harry Smith reports.
