BBC refuses to back down over Iraq doc

The BBC has defended its plans to screen a Correspondent special in which the bodies of two British soldiers 'executed' in Iraq are featured, saying the Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew about the programme months ago, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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