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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3716151.stm

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Joy.

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this is my favorite part:
The regiment's Brigadier Geoff Sheldon said the vehicle featured in the photographs had been located in a Territorial Army base in Lancashire and had never been in Iraq.

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Unbelievable! If anything, it's only going to make American Soldiers look even worse. It does vindicate the British, but now all the "thunder" is on the Americans. I'm not saying that I don't think they did something wrong (bad move in taking pictures!), but come on...they were trying to wing it based on what they actually knew about prisoner rights.

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I don't think the British are totally vindicated, just that there isn't photo evidence of their transgressions after all.

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Yes, there are still some other serious accusations against British troops.

The Daily Mirror is going to be in a whole load of shit over this, even though they have lost their editor.

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True there are still allegations, but not very many, and not for much more than giving a couple of prisoners a bit of a kicking.... which personally speaking, I have no problem with if it wasn't systematic.

To be perfectly frank I would be more shocked if they weren't giving the odd prisoner a kicking.

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Like I’ve said before, train solder to kill that will convert them in animals, exactly like we have seen in those pictures, animals exporting democracy, God.

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Its not like Arabs are human though.

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Somebody call PETA!

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Like I’ve said before, train solder to kill that will convert them in animals, exactly like we have seen in those pictures, animals exporting democracy, God.

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There is many ways to do it properly not; treating people that have already suffered enough. Please

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why does it keep saying "like I've said before"?

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Sorry Ignatz mouse

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Originally posted by lion2000
Like I’ve said before, train solder to kill that will convert them in animals, exactly like we have seen in those pictures, animals exporting democracy, God.

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