British soldier arrested over fake Iraqi abuse photos

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LONDON (AFP) - At least one British soldier has been arrested over the fake Iraqi abuse photographs published in the Daily Mirror newspaper, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MOD) said.


"At least one soldier has been arrested today (Tuesday) in connection with the Mirror photographs," an MOD spokeswoman told AFP, confirming that this was the first arrest over the controversial pictures.


The soldier was being questioned by the special investigations branch as part of their probe into the publication of faked photographs supposedly showing British soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, she said.


He has not been charged, the spokeswoman said, and it was not clear if he was being detained overnight.


The Daily Mirror on Friday issued a humbling apology for running the pictures and sacked its bullish editor, Piers Morgan, who had repeatedly stuck by the photographs despite doubts from experts.

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Did anyone get fired at the Globe for using porn pics to depict US soldiers misbehaving?

were fakes?

The Globe did up a retraction, IIRC.

They inadvertantly pushlished the porn site torure pics.