British troops shamed

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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=517063

01 May 2004

The Ministry of Defence was last night forced to announce an investigation after photographs showing British soldiers beating and urinating on an Iraqi prisoner were published.

The pictures, coming the day after US troops were revealed to have maltreated Iraqi detainees, show British soldiers beating the man with their rifle butts. He was reportedly arrested for theft.

Their victim is said to have been left bleeding and vomiting, with a broken jaw and smashed teeth, after an eight-hour ordeal. During it, he was apparently threatened with summary execution.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, serving soldiers told the Daily Mirror that the unnamed captive, against whom no charges were brought, was dumped from the back of a moving vehicle at the end of his torture. It is not known whether he survived.

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1. War brings out the best in all of us, doesn't it?

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2. Dupe thread

Mind you, it's the big headline over here so it's to be expected.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x522997

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3. Similiar title, different story

The Independent story in much more in depth and has a lot of important information in it.



edit: previous info posted came from a different story. oops.