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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (46048)	5/2/2004 6:12:50 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Doubt cast on Iraq torture photos <<However the BBC's defence correspondent Paul Adams says sources close to The Queen's Lancashire Regiment believe many aspects of the photographs are suspicious. He says they believe the pictures may not have even been taken in Iraq. They believe the rifle is an SA80 mk 1 - which was not issued to troops in Iraq. They say soldiers in Iraq wore berets or hard hats - and not floppy hats as in the photos. They also believe the wrong type of Bedford truck is shown in the background - a type never deployed in Iraq. Colonel Bob Stewart, who commanded British forces in the Balkans, told BBC News Online he could not be sure whether the photos were genuine or not. The paper claims British soldiers handed over the photos Sources close to the army have questioned the authenticity of photographs appearing to show British soldiers torturing an Iraqi prisoner news.bbc.co.uk;