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UK pays less than dlrs 5,000 compensation for each Iraqi death

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

London, Jan 20, IRNA -- Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram has revealed
that Britain has paid out an average of pnds 2,700 (dlrs 4,8000) in 
compensation for each Iraqi civilian death that allegedly involved UK 
forces since the end of combat operations. 
He told MPs on Monday that settlements had totalled pnds 8,125 for
three fatality cases. The average payment was nearly half of 
compensation for property damage, which totalled pnds 34,243 for seven
settlements. 
Last month, Ingram said that out of a total of 23 claims for 
civilian fatalities, seven had been rejected and 13 were still under 
investigation. 
In his latest reply to a written parliamentary question, he listed
total settlements of pnds 72,224 being paid for 57 different claims, 
including 20 cases for personal injuries and 27 for road traffic 
accidents. 
Altogether 588 claims for compensation had been submitted to the 
UK of which 226 had been repudiated, 13 had been transferred to other 
contingents or organizations and 57 had received payments, while the 
remainder were still under investigation, the minister revealed. 
HC/AH/210 
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