Having followed this discussion almost since its inception, the following appears to contain a major discrepancy between what is good for an RAF BOI, and the recent findings of an Army Board investigating the unfortunate deaths of six Royal Military Police soldiers, murdered by a mob in Iraq.
The account is on-line at:-
Families call for inquest into Redcap deaths.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...ixnewstop.html
Quotes published state:-
“But the board, led by Col Mike Hickson, found that it "could not categorically state" that more ammunition or better communications would have saved the Redcaps' lives.
Mr Hoon said in a written statement to the House of Commons that the board had "made a rigorous, objective and exhaustive" inquiry. The families, who spent more than an hour at the Ministry of Defence meeting Mr Hoon and hearing the inquiry results described his attitude as "generous".
Mike Aston, Mrs Aston's husband, said it was "a very thorough report, a very honest report". He said: "It does point a lot of criticism at the Army from which they admit they have lessons to learn and I for one am very grateful."
Queen's Regulations disbar boards from finding blame , but Sgt Hamilton-Jewell's brother, Tony, said: "Nobody has apportioned blame because it was the system that let these lads down."”
Is it possible that some ‘brass’ may have been found wanting in this instance, and it was simply convenient to find nobody was to blame, or is this too cynical?