Blah blah blah...yes, Britain is evil as a whole because of the alledged acts of a few...blah blah blah....

Here, how about this. ALL of humanity sucks ass, because there isn't a nation in existence that doesn't have it's fair share of individuals that have committed atrocities against their fellow human beings...

Even more atrocious, though, are the individuals that would smear a country, and label an entire people because of the actions of a few.

I'll bet you decry racism....I'll bet you decry sexism....and yet here you are, defaming an entire people. Shame. When will people like you that love to smear nationalities and peoples learn to separate individual actions and focus blame and castigation on the individuals that have earned such derision?

@Krellin - I'm English and I don't feel defamed by NigeeBaby's comments one bit. It is right and proper that we investigate any potential breaches of our laws. It doesn't matter who is alleged to have committed any breaches, or where. The Government has already accepted responsibility for 200 breaches and has properly made compensatory amends. There are about another 190 cases to answer and they would sooner have a judical review rather than a Ministry of Defence (MoD) investigation as they think some of the alleged abuses may have been systematic rather than rogue individuals. If that's true the MoD shouldn't be investigating itself for obvious reasons.

The important thing is that our armed forces know what is expected of them and they are accountable for any breaches of law. If the MoD needs to better train our forces in what is and isn't permissible than so be it.

No progress ever comes from sweeping allegations under the carpet.

I hope we can improve, but I also still believe we have one of the finest armed forces around.

As an Englishman I reserve the right to feel ashamed when my fellow countrymen commit human rights abuses. The MOD and the British govt are always telling us how superior our troops are and what a good job we were doing in Iraq 'winning the hearts and minds'. Well if that was the winning how many hearts and minds are we losing now the truth has come out.

There is no greater tragedy of war than the shameless exploitation of suffering by wannabe poets.

But as far as the subject goes, it is a shameful incident. The army comes from a broad cross section of society, and as in civi street you get a few bad eggs. Combine that with the extreme pressures involved and the potential for such incidents is clear. It is a reminder of the vigilance necessary to run a hard campaign.

Great, another bbc article. Not enough of those here.