The News of the World published pictures from a scandalous video showing British soldiers abusing and beating four Iraqi teenagers. Photo by Al Jazeera
The UK has started an investigation into a video showing British soldiers abusing and beating four Iraqi teenagers. The News of the World has published pictures from the video, saying it was shot in southern Iraq in 2004. Soldiers are shown chasing youths reportedly involved in a disturbance, dragging four of them into a military compound and beating them on various parts of the body with batons and kicking them, one in the genitals. On the tape an unidentified cameraman is heard laughing and urging his colleagues on, world media revealed.