Britain's Torture Trial
Shocking images as a trial of British soldiers begins on charges of abusing Iraqi prisoners. Disgusting acts. Like this:
...a grimacing Iraqi who had been strung up in a cargo net made from thick rope which had been hung from a forklift truck.
[You can view the photos here.] Here's a sample:
Just as shocking is that the allegations only became known because of a camera store that developed the photos for a solder --the prisoners never told:
The abused Iraqis pictured never came forward and the allegations only came to light when another fusilier, Gary Bartlam, 20, took his film to be processed at a shop in his home town of Tamworth. Police were called and the soldier was arrested.
And later convicted. In the trial that began this week,
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