Talabani hits out at video showing abuse

IRAQI President Jalal Talabani condemned the alleged abuse by British soldiers of Iraqi youths caught on film in 2004, describing it as “unjustified”, his spokesman said yesterday.

“This act is rejected and not accepted whether it came from the coalition forces, who the president is much obliged to for what they did for the Iraqi people, or from another side,” Talabani spokesman Kameran Garadaghi said.

“But the good thing is that the British authorities condemned and are investigating it,” Mr Garadaghi said.