British Torture Scandal Photos Surface

Three of the soldiers in the photos Corporals Darren Larkin, Mark Cooley and Daniel Kenyon have pleaded not guilty to the accusations. Larkin admitted beating an Iraqi and could be imprisoned for up to six months.

General Mike Jackson condemned all torture and said that the allegations are under investigation. British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed yesterday that the photos are "shocking and dreadful", and that he cannot find any other words to describe the situations. Like the US administration, Blair said that this was the actions of a small minority of soldiers should not detract from the decency and good behavior of the majority of British soldiers in Iraq. Opposition Conservative Party leader Michael Howard described the photos as a "shame for the country" and added however

that they do not reflect the "characteristics of the British military force."

The news was well reported in the British media. The photos were printed on the front pages of the papers with strong condemnations. The Independent called them a "catalogue of torture" and The Daily Telegraph said that the photos are clear-cut evidence of torture by the British soldiers.

There are worries that more proof of the Abu Ghraib torture scandal is in the headlines again now as part of a plan to intimidate Iraqi people. Even though, the US administration claimed the torture photos were the result of "only a few soldiers", there is evidence that after the scandal of the photos mistreatment of Iraqi civilians continued in raids on Iraqi houses.