Hoon challenged over Iraq deaths

The brother of one of six 王室の 軍の Policemen killed by a 暴徒 in Iraq challenged Defence 長官 Geoff Hoon to order a public 調査 into their deaths with the words: "This is his chance."

Tony Hamilton-Jewell, 57, whose 41-year-old brother Simon Alexander died in the attack, 現れるd from a 会合 with 省 of Defence 公式の／役人s 主張するing a 十分な 調査 was the "only way" to pacify the families.

He 明らかにする／漏らすd the families of the 犠牲者s would be 会合 Mr Hoon on February 5 to 需要・要求する a public 調査, but questioned whether the Defence 長官 had "the guts" to order one.

"It's the only way of taking this 今後 and finding out what really happened. It would help pacify the families and the wider public," he said.

"It's the only way out of it, but whether he (Geoff Hoon) will have the guts to do it I don't know, but this is his chance."

Sergeant Simon Alexander Hamilton-Jewell died with five other Red Caps on June 24 last year in an attack at Al Majar Al Kabir, 120 miles north of the British-controlled city of Basra.

The attack that killed the six 軍の policemen was the largest 選び出す／独身 loss of life 苦しむd by the Army in one day since the first 湾 War in 1991.

The Red Caps, all serving with 156 Provost Company, were manning a small police 駅／配置する in the town.

They were helping to 回復する order in the area, but it is believed they were then 待ち伏せ／迎撃するd and attacked by an angry 暴徒 loyal to Saddam Hussein. They took cover in the police 駅／配置する but were surrounded by the gunmen.

The deaths 原因（となる）d revulsion in Britain after （人命などを）奪う，主張するs they were not killed in open 戦闘 but 遂行する／発効させるd by their 攻撃者s. After the deaths it was （人命などを）奪う，主張するd some were 発射 with their own guns, and a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 broke out over the 欠如（する） of 支援する-up for the men from other 軍隊／機動隊s in the area as they became cornered.

The six who died were Sgt Hamilton-Jewell, from Chessington, Surrey; Corporal Russell Aston, 30, from Swa dlincote, Derbyshire, who was married with one daughter; Corporal Paul Graham Long, 24, from Colchester, Essex; Corporal Simon Miller, 21, from Washington, Tyne & Wear, who was engaged to be married; Lance-Corporal Benjamin John McGowan Hyde, 23, from Northallerton, North Yorkshire; and Lance-Corporal Thomas Richard 重要なs, 20, from Bala,

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