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Tony Blair
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IRAQ MILITARY EXECUTING BRITISH PRISONERS
27 March
Blair used the podium of a globally televised Camp David press conference
with
George Bush to announce to the world that 'Iraq has executed British prisoners.'
According to the PM, Iraqi gunmen killed sapper Luke Allsopp and Staff Sergeant
Simon Cullingworth during an ambush of their vehicle in southern Iraq.
Mr Blair had said that the television footage showed an 'atrocity' that was
'beyond the comprehension of anyone with an ounce of humanity in their
souls'.
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Within hours of Blair's remarks, Mr Allsopp's sister revealed that she
had
been told by the colonel from his barracks that her brother had died 'instantly'
in the ambush. Michael Pawsey, Sapper Allsopp's stepfather, said that as far as
the family was concerned he was killed in action.
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