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BBC to show footage of British soldiers' bodies
AP ^ | May 24, 2003

Posted on 05/25/2003 2:46:42 AM PDT by sarcasm

Edited on 07/14/2004 12:59:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LONDON (AP) -- The British Broadcasting Corp. said Saturday it planned to briefly show graphic footage of two British soldiers killed in Iraq despite protest from their families and the Ministry of Defense.

The BBC plans to show images of the bodies of Sgt. Simon Cullingworth, 36 and Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, as part of a documentary comparing western broadcasters' coverage of the war with that of the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera.


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KEYWORDS: bbc; lukeallsopp; simoncullingworth

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