What were the allegations made in the Daily Mirror?
The Daily Mirror published photos allegedly showing UK troops abusing an Iraqi prisoner. Eleven days later Armed Forces minister Adam Ingram told Parliament the pictures were “categorically” not taken in Iraq. And on Friday editor Piers Morgan was sacked, as the paper said that although the pictures were published in good faith, there was now enough evidence to suggest the paper had been the subject of a “calculated and malicious hoax”. What reports have there been about alleged abuse by UK troops? The Red Cross has reported cases of abuse of arrested Iraqi men, one of whom died after being “severely beaten”. The cases came to light during an investigation of coalition prison facilities in central and southern Iraq by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC sent its confidential report to US and UK officials in February. The issue of UK troops unlawfully killing Iraqi civilians has been raised by Amnesty International. It claims the deaths occurred when the troops
