*Ø* Blogmanac | UK: Ingram to rule on Mirror 'torture' photos
Matthew Tempest, The Guardian
May 13
"The armed forces minister, Adam Ingram, is today expected to declare that the Daily Mirror's 'world exclusive' pictures of British soldiers abusing and urinating on Iraqis were faked.
"But he is also expected to use his Commons appearance to apologise for misleading MPs over his own comments on the abuse of Iraqi civilians and detainees, when he declared that no reports had been received from 'external agencies' on the abuse of Iraqis -- a claim immediately contradicted by Red Cross and Amnesty International. [my emphasis! - N]
"The fate of both Mr Ingram and the Mirror's editor, Piers Morgan, could hang on the statement, expected this afternoon during a debate on the armed forces."
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Matthew Tempest, The Guardian
May 13
"The armed forces minister, Adam Ingram, is today expected to declare that the Daily Mirror's 'world exclusive' pictures of British soldiers abusing and urinating on Iraqis were faked.
"But he is also expected to use his Commons appearance to apologise for misleading MPs over his own comments on the abuse of Iraqi civilians and detainees, when he declared that no reports had been received from 'external agencies' on the abuse of Iraqis -- a claim immediately contradicted by Red Cross and Amnesty International. [my emphasis! - N]
"The fate of both Mr Ingram and the Mirror's editor, Piers Morgan, could hang on the statement, expected this afternoon during a debate on the armed forces."
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