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06/17/2004:

"MoD may release photos of abused Iraqis"

by Kim Sengupta and Marie Woolf Chief Political Correspondent
Independent.co.uk

The shocking photographs of abuse of Iraqi prisoners that led to charges against British troops could become public during their court martial.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering releasing the images, which are said to show Iraqi inmates being forced to perform sexual acts on each other and a naked prisoner, bound and gagged, suspended in a net from a forklift truck. The photographs, allegedly taken as "trophy" pictures, form the basis for prosecution allegations against the soldiers. Full Article