Iraqi President condemns alleged abuse

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

“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 (following the 2003 invasion), or from another side,” Talabani spokesman Kameran Garadaghi said.