Tim Collins

international | anti-war / imperialism | news report

Sunday April 04, 2004 12:11

by rooster

Indymedia seems rather quiet on this subject

Col Tim Collins wins double libel damages

Colonel Tim Collins, who achieved fame for his eve-of-war speech to troops in Iraq, won substantial libel damages from the Sunday Express and Sunday Mirror yesterday. The Sunday Mirror claimed that soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment shot dead nine Iraqi soldiers who were surrendering and attempted to hide the bodies in graves to conceal a war crime.

These allegations were false, a lawyer for the paper told the High Court in Belfast yesterday. "The defendants are here today to apologise to Col Collins for the hurt and embarrassment he has been caused by publication of this article,"he said.

A report in the Sunday Express alleged there was an inquiry into an incident in which one of Saddam Hussein's henchmen was allegedly doused in petrol and accidentally set alight, and was then shot dead while the colonel stood by. This report was accepted to be untrue and unfounded.

From Rooster "It's funny that when these allegations were made so many people were ready to jump on the bandwagon but the coverage of yesterdays court case was rather feeble in comparison - wonder if indy media have anything to say?"