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27-03-03, 02:01 PM
The leader of UK forces in the Gulf has clashed with a television station over its "deplorable" decision to show footage of dead and captured British soldiers.
Air Marshal Brian Burridge told Qatar-based al-Jazeera it should take no pride in a film of the bodies of two soldiers lying in a dusty street and two prisoners of war in a room with Iraqis.
He said the broadcast had been a "flagrant breach" of the Geneva Convention, adding: "All media must be aware of the limits of taste and decency."
Responding to the attack, an al-Jazeera reporter told Mr Burridge the station was independent and determined to "show our audience the truth, even if it is a dirty war".
Source: BBC
Air Marshal Brian Burridge told Qatar-based al-Jazeera it should take no pride in a film of the bodies of two soldiers lying in a dusty street and two prisoners of war in a room with Iraqis.
He said the broadcast had been a "flagrant breach" of the Geneva Convention, adding: "All media must be aware of the limits of taste and decency."
Responding to the attack, an al-Jazeera reporter told Mr Burridge the station was independent and determined to "show our audience the truth, even if it is a dirty war".
Source: BBC