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[FYI] UK commander attacks TV footage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2890901.stm
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UK commander attacks TV footage
The leader of UK forces in the Gulf has clashed with a television
station over its "deplorable" decision to show footage of dead and
captured British soldiers.
Air Marshal Brian Burridge told Qatar-based al-Jazeera it should take
no pride in a film of the bodies of two soldiers lying in a dusty
street and two prisoners of war in a room with Iraqis.
He said the broadcast was a "flagrant breach" of the Geneva
Convention, adding: "All
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