Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Iraqi government expresses concern over abuse video

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Iraqi government expresses concern over abuse video:

"The video, taken in early 2004 and obtained by the News of the World, apparently was filmed from a rooftop for fun by a corporal who is heard laughing and urging on his colleagues. It shows the troops repeatedly kicking and punching civilians with batons after seizing them following riots two years ago in the Basra region in which British forces were attacked.

The cameraman is heard laughing and saying: 'Oh yes! Oh yes! You're gonna get it. Yes, naughty little boys. You little fuckers, you little fuckers. Die. Ha Ha.' Soldiers are shown beating the Iraqis, with one apparently kicking a young man in the genitals as he lay on the ground. A young Iraqi is apparently head-butted by a helmeted soldier and hit in the kidneys. The Iraqi cries: 'No, please,' as the commentator says in a mocking, childlike, voice: 'No, please, don't hurt me.' The video also apparently shows an Iraqi corpse being kicked, and, as the man's head is held up to the camera, a soldier sniggers: 'He's been a bad motherfucker.'"