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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Well the MoD has decided the Mirror's photo's are fake and Piers is being unsuprisingly quiet about it.
Turns out we were well aware of the Red Corss' concerns and made changes (such as not using hoods) and investigated claims of abuse.
QLR have demanded a full page appology from the Mirror.
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Yeah, I saw that last night on C4 News.
I doubt that the Mirror will apologise.
There have also been claims that the photos were staged at a barracks in the UK by TA members.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3702139.stm
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Abuse photos 'were staged in UK'
The pictures which sparked claims UK soldiers abused Iraqis were staged at a British barracks by Territorial Army (TA) members, it has been reported.
Sources told the Daily Telegraph the photographs were set up in a Bedford MK lorry at Kimberley TA base in Preston.
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said it was likely the pictures were a hoax.
The regiment accused of the abuse has demanded an apology from the Daily Mirror for publishing the images, but the paper has stood by their accuracy.
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In his Commons statement, Mr Hoon said there were "strong indications" the vehicle in the Mirror photos, published last week, had not been in Iraq when the abuse allegedly happened.
"Additional lines of inquiry are being pursued to corroborate this," he said.
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The Mirror's reply (from the same link)
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...Mirror editor Piers Morgan quickly countered: "The Daily Mirror does not accept that the MoD has proved these photographs are faked.
"Nor will we accept that they are not genuine images until incontrovertible evidence is produced to the contrary."
Earlier the newspaper issued a statement saying Mr Hoon's initial comments about the truck "were obviously designed to divert attention from the much bigger and more important issue" of the abuse it had exposed.
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