May 10, 2004

"[UK] Abuse Pictures Looking 'Increasingly Like Hoax' - Hoon"

From this:

Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon tonight said that the Daily Mirror pictures which allegedly showed British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners appeared �increasingly like a hoax�.

Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan swiftly issued a statement saying that the newspaper does not accept that the Ministry of Defence had proved that the photographs � one of which appeared to show troops urinating on a prisoner and striking him with a rifle � were faked.

Mr Hoon�s comments were an expansion on information he gave to MPs earlier today.

During a statement to the Commons, Mr Hoon said that the Special Investigation Branch had told him there were �strong indications� that the vehicle in which the pictures were taken was not in Iraq at the relevant time.

The Beeb misleadingly entitles a similar story 'Apology demanded on abuse photos'. However, the demand is coming from the British regiment involved, not the Iraqis.

Posted to Iraq at May 10, 2004 12:08 PM

Comments

We all want an apology.

Can't we all just apologize. Make up. Hug. And maybe forget this whole unpleasantness ever happened.

Posted by: IXLNXS at May 10, 2004 02:59 PM