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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, February 12, 2006

And, what we do hear about Iraq.....

Tell me again about the "good news" in Iraq. (WaPo)
BAGHDAD, Feb. 12 -- A video published by a British tabloid today, shows what appear to be U.K. soldiers head-butting, kicking and clubbing unarmed Iraqi teenagers while an off-camera voice laughs and taunts the victims....

Apparent soldiers in riot gear and British Army uniforms can be seen dragging three Iraqi boys or young men into the courtyard of a walled compound, wrestling them to the ground and battering them with more than 40 blows over a two-minute period. The Iraqis offer little if any resistance, occasionally crying out, "No, please. No please."

posted by mikevotes at 7:29 AM

1 Comments:

  • They showed that on the TV news here. Pretty sick. There are obviously some sadistic people in the armed forces. Then, that shouldn't come as a surprise.
    As for WaPo's waffling, I saw the video and you can delete the "apparent" and change the "little if any" to "no".

    From what I saw the "no, please. no" bit was the commentator mocking the victims, not the victims themselves as they probably didn't speak English.

    By Blogger Justin, at 1:51 AM  

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