Iraq - BBC Airs British Ambush

Despite the pleas of the mother of a British soldier and over the objectons of the MOD, the BBC aired a terrorist video showing three British soldiers being blown up.

A mother has condemned the makers of a programme which showed the Iraq suicide attack in which her soldier son died.

A video of the ambush that claimed the lives of Black Watch Private Scott McArdle and his two comrades was broadcast on BBC Two's The New al Qaida on Monday night.

And talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

The shocking footage of the ambush was shown on BBC journalist Peter Taylor's investigation into how terrorists use the internet for propaganda.

Not to mention how they use the BBC for the same purposes.

Sandra McArdle, 43, from Glenrothes, said: "It's disgusting. I saw this footage before on Sky TV but it's just as sickening second time round. The BBC didn't even have the courtesy to call us and let us know it was going to be shown. It brought all the grief of Scott's death flooding back and we found it very distressing and they shouldn't have shown it."

The BBC's excuse?

The BBC said it had toned down the footage and that the programme underlined how such disturbing material was so easily accessible.

Even more so thanks to the BBC.
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