Mirror owners axe editor saying Brit torture pics hoax. But how the hell
would they know? Fired Mirror editor and many Mirror journalists still
say
Brit torture pics real. Looks to me like Zionist editors are part of
Blair
government effort to frame the whistleblowers -- which may serve them
right because they also asked for money, but is a dark day for journalism,
the truth and justice.)
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Zionist owners of Mirror axe editor order journalists to reveal photo
sources. Is this to protect British troops from retalitory kidnappings or
is it to aid the coverup of Rumsfeld/Pentagon/Mossad/****n Bet/MI6
deliberate
war-criminal tactics?
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The photographs showed unidentified QLR soldiers beating and urinating
over
a hooded soldier, said to be an Iraqi prisoner of war, during "an
eight-hour
ordeal".
On Thursday, the Ministry of Defence concluded that the photographs were
fake. The next day, Trinity Mirror owners [Zionist Jews, btw] conceded
that
it has been the victim of a "malicious hoax" and announced Morgan's
departure.
Senior executives at Trinity Mirror, the owners of the newspaper, told The
Telegraph last night that they would co-operate "fully" with a Ministry of
Defence investigation aimed at establi****ng the identity of those who took
and sold the pictures.
Managers at the Daily Mirror will this week instruct its journalists to
reveal the names of two soldiers responsible for the fake photographs of
British troops allegedly abusing an Iraqi prisoner.
The move follows the sudden sacking on Friday of Piers Morgan, the Mirror
editor for the past nine years. He refuses to accept that the photographs
were faked and ordered his staff not to reveal the men's identities.
"When we say we will fully co-operate with the MoD, we mean exactly that,"
said one senior executive. "While we are committed as journalists to
protecting our sources, that does not extend to people who have acted
fraudulently in pursuit of money."
The Mirror said the two men, supposedly from the Queen's Lanca****re
Regiment
(QLR), had expected £5,000 each for the pictures' publication, but this
money would not now be paid. The photographs were published on May 1 with
the headline: "Vile . . . but this time it's the BRITISH soldiers
degrading
an Iraqi."
The newspaper had claimed that the pictures were provided by "one of the
attackers and a colleague". The images were later shown worldwide and used
by militants in Iraq as a justification for calls to kidnap British
troops.
The photographs showed unidentified QLR soldiers beating and urinating
over
a hooded soldier, said to be an Iraqi prisoner of war, during "an
eight-hour
ordeal".
On Thursday, the Ministry of Defence concluded that the photographs were
fake and said the pictured lorry had not been in Iraq. The next day,
Trinity
Mirror conceded that it has been the victim of a "malicious hoax" and
announced Morgan's departure.
The identity of the two men who supplied the images - known only as
Soldiers
A and B - is believed to be known only to four Mirror journalists,
including
Paul Byrne, the Manchester-based re****ter who wrote the original story.
Trinity Mirror said last night that the proceeds from the sale of the fake
photographs to other media organisations - believed to total more than
£100,000 - would be donated to an Army charity and the International
Committee of the Red Cross.
Senior QLR officers want Trinity Mirror to identify Soldiers A and B to
assist the Royal Military Police (RMP).
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "On several occasions last week, the
RMP asked the Daily Mirror to identify Soldiers A and B so that the RMP
could further its inquiries. The RMP position remains unchanged: it wants
the Daily Mirror to hand over the names."
Four soldiers were arrested and questioned last week, but released without
charge.
At the Mirror, Des Kelly, the former deputy editor who has been appointed
acting editor, will face a tough task when he starts work today. He must
liaise between Sly Bailey, the company's uncompromising chief executive
who
is eager to draw a line under the affair, and journalists, some of whom
remain committed to the story and say their loyalties lie with Morgan.
One Mirror executive said: "If the board orders the four staff who know
the
names of Soldiers A and B to identify them, there will be more blood on
the
walls. At least two of the four are expected to resign rather than
compromise the soldiers' identity."
© Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2004.
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