Iraq: Family still awaits return of Ken Masters body
belfasttelegraph: Family still await the return of top military cop's body from Iraq
THE family of a top military police investigator from Northern Ireland who was found dead in Iraq are still awaiting the return of his body.
Captain Ken Masters was found dead in his accommodation in Waterloo Lines in the southern Iraq city of Basra last Saturday.
The Ministry of Defence said his death was being investigated but the circumstances are not believed to be suspicious.
Captain Masters lived near Portadown with his wife and two children. They are believed to have moved to Northern Ireland from England a relatively short time ago.
An Army spokesman said that the body has not yet been repatriated and it is not known when the officer's funeral will take place.
Cabelfastptain Masters was the officer in charge of investigating abuse of civilians by British forces in Iraq.
Aged 40, he was Officer Commanding 61 Section, Special Investigation Branch, Royal Military Police.
A MoD statement said: "He had been responsible for the investigation of all in-theatre serious incidents, plus investigations conducted by the General Police Duties element of the Theatre Investigation Group."
He had served with the Royal Military Police since 1981 and was commissioned from the ranks in 2001. He served most of his career with the Special Investigation Branch.
The MoD did not say how Captain Masters died. In total, 97 military personnel have died on duty in Iraq. Link
db: He was the 'blokes in wigs' investigator. Nothing suspicious there then. People who suggest he was 'suicided' by the green slime because of what he might uncover regarding possible British involvment in terrorist activity are just adding two and two together and getting four - when they should be reading the Daily Telegraph to understand the real picture - which is that the 'SAS' guys were on a humanitarian mission in pursuit of 'torturers with drills'. Earlier reports that the 'SAS' operatives had been'painting Basra schools' have proved to be false, but were equally convincing at the time.
THE family of a top military police investigator from Northern Ireland who was found dead in Iraq are still awaiting the return of his body.
Captain Ken Masters was found dead in his accommodation in Waterloo Lines in the southern Iraq city of Basra last Saturday.
The Ministry of Defence said his death was being investigated but the circumstances are not believed to be suspicious.
Captain Masters lived near Portadown with his wife and two children. They are believed to have moved to Northern Ireland from England a relatively short time ago.
An Army spokesman said that the body has not yet been repatriated and it is not known when the officer's funeral will take place.
Cabelfastptain Masters was the officer in charge of investigating abuse of civilians by British forces in Iraq.
Aged 40, he was Officer Commanding 61 Section, Special Investigation Branch, Royal Military Police.
A MoD statement said: "He had been responsible for the investigation of all in-theatre serious incidents, plus investigations conducted by the General Police Duties element of the Theatre Investigation Group."
He had served with the Royal Military Police since 1981 and was commissioned from the ranks in 2001. He served most of his career with the Special Investigation Branch.
The MoD did not say how Captain Masters died. In total, 97 military personnel have died on duty in Iraq. Link
db: He was the 'blokes in wigs' investigator. Nothing suspicious there then. People who suggest he was 'suicided' by the green slime because of what he might uncover regarding possible British involvment in terrorist activity are just adding two and two together and getting four - when they should be reading the Daily Telegraph to understand the real picture - which is that the 'SAS' guys were on a humanitarian mission in pursuit of 'torturers with drills'. Earlier reports that the 'SAS' operatives had been'painting Basra schools' have proved to be false, but were equally convincing at the time.
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