Friday, 30 April, 2004

Shock, Horror and General Mike Jackson

See also Army Board Para recalled to Bloody Sunday Inquiry /PFC

The British Ministry of Defence was said to be shocked and horrified tonight when it emerged that photographs, apparently showing British Troops torturing Iraqi prisoners, had been obtained by the Daily Mirror. According to the BBC, "The UK's most senior soldier, General Sir Mike Jackson, said if guilty, the men were not fit to wear the uniform." The controversary follows publication of similar pictures where US soldiers were photographed humiliating and sexually abusing other detainees. General Mike Jackson has gone on record that the men, if guilty, are not fit to wear the uniform. Except of course if they are guilty of murder when he decided that the killers of Peter Mc Bride were fit to wear the uniform. General Mike Jackson has a long track record when it comes to the Irish. On Bloody Sunday he was on duty on Rossville St. Curiously he had difficulty recalling any soldiers actually firing their weapons. A year earlier he was based with the Paras at the notorious Palace Barracks outside Belfast where torture was routine. Last October we first published the comments below on General Mike Jackson.