Sunday, May 16, 2004
Now that the Queen's Lancashire Regiment have had their honour restored as it was proved that the Mirror photos were faked they can now defend it again against the allegation that they beat an Iraqi prisoner to death.
But back to those fake photos for a second. Everyone is rushing to put the boot into Piers Morgan but there is one point that seems to have been ignored. One of the reasons the Government and the Regiment gave as proof for knowing the photos were faked was that they had the truck used in the photo themselves. It was in a Territorial Army barracks in Lancashire. Now, during Operation: Blast the Bastards Back to the Stone Age, it was reported the crew of the Ark Royal were sickened by what they saw as intolerable BBC Anti-War bias so turned to News International instead. The Daily Mirror has been the only Anti-War tabloid. So, exactly how much was this a result of Morgan wanting to believe some photos to be true and how much was an operation to discredit an Anti-War newspaper and try to bolster a disgraced Army Regiment just before some of it's troops go on trial for brutality and murder?
But back to those fake photos for a second. Everyone is rushing to put the boot into Piers Morgan but there is one point that seems to have been ignored. One of the reasons the Government and the Regiment gave as proof for knowing the photos were faked was that they had the truck used in the photo themselves. It was in a Territorial Army barracks in Lancashire. Now, during Operation: Blast the Bastards Back to the Stone Age, it was reported the crew of the Ark Royal were sickened by what they saw as intolerable BBC Anti-War bias so turned to News International instead. The Daily Mirror has been the only Anti-War tabloid. So, exactly how much was this a result of Morgan wanting to believe some photos to be true and how much was an operation to discredit an Anti-War newspaper and try to bolster a disgraced Army Regiment just before some of it's troops go on trial for brutality and murder?
