Actually I understand the soldiers involved had training in dealing with POWs etc, isn't this part of the court record, and they should have known what is right and what is wrong. It is not acceptable to say I was only following orders. Prisoner abuse is unacceptable. I understand they had been put into difficult and extraordinary circumstances but prisoners should be treated humanely and not abused. UK soldiers have a duty to show they are not like Saddam Hussein's murderers and abusers but must show by example. The officer who gave the original order probably didn't expect what actually happened and should have in any case taken a closer interest in what was going on.
