Sorry if this has been posted earlier tonight - couldn't find a link but here goes:
Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has stepped down after admitting that the pictures of soldiers abusing Iraqis were a "calculated and malicious hoax''.
Mr Morgan left his post hours after the regiment at the centre of the controversy demanded an apology.
A statement from Mirror publishers Trinity Mirror said: "The Daily Mirror published in good faith photographs which it absolutely believed were genuine images of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi prisoner.
"However there is now sufficient evidence to suggest that these pictures are fakes and that the Daily Mirror has been the subject of a calculated and malicious hoax.
"The Daily Mirror therefore apologises unreservedly for publishing the pictures and deeply regrets the reputational damage done to the QLR and the Army in Iraq.
"The paper will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation.
"The Board of Trinity Mirror has decided that it would be inappropriate for Piers Morgan to continue in his role as Editor of the Daily Mirror and he will therefore be stepping down with immediate effect.''
It added that Des Kelly, the paper's deputy editor, will assume the role of acting editor.
This has been HUGE news over here - seriously fucked up shit.
http://channels.aolsvc.co.uk/news/
Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has stepped down after admitting that the pictures of soldiers abusing Iraqis were a "calculated and malicious hoax''.
Mr Morgan left his post hours after the regiment at the centre of the controversy demanded an apology.
A statement from Mirror publishers Trinity Mirror said: "The Daily Mirror published in good faith photographs which it absolutely believed were genuine images of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi prisoner.
"However there is now sufficient evidence to suggest that these pictures are fakes and that the Daily Mirror has been the subject of a calculated and malicious hoax.
"The Daily Mirror therefore apologises unreservedly for publishing the pictures and deeply regrets the reputational damage done to the QLR and the Army in Iraq.
"The paper will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation.
"The Board of Trinity Mirror has decided that it would be inappropriate for Piers Morgan to continue in his role as Editor of the Daily Mirror and he will therefore be stepping down with immediate effect.''
It added that Des Kelly, the paper's deputy editor, will assume the role of acting editor.
This has been HUGE news over here - seriously fucked up shit.
http://channels.aolsvc.co.uk/news/
Totally agree. He's a total knob-jockey in need of a much overdue right royal kicking...fuck it! lets just kill the bastard
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