Friday 9 May 2014

British soldier posed thumbs up with body of Taliban Fighter

British soldier posed thumbs up with body of Taliban fighter in Afghanistan | UK news | The Guardian:
"Two pictures show the soldier, a member of an RAF squadron based at Camp Bastion, kneeling with his thumb up beside the corpse of a Taliban fighter. Members of 51 Squadron RAF Regiment were among the first to confront the Taliban attackers.
The emergence of the pictures is unlikely to have any serious consequences. There is no suggestion of any abuse or violation of the corpse or the kind of humiliation associated with the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, which led to fresh violence against US troops and their allies. The squadron is no longer in Afghanistan and most of the remaining British forces are no longer in frontline positions"

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