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By Adam Lusher and Sean Rayment The families of two British soldiers killed in Iraq last night accused the BBC of cruelty for planning to show film of the men lying dead. Relatives of Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, and S/Sgt Simon Cullingworth, 36, denied the BBC's claim that the corporation had sought their approval to broadcast the images. Sapper Luke Allsopp The footage will be screened next Sunday when the BBC2 series Correspondent examines the influence of the Gulf cable channel al-Jazeera and the differences in reporting between the Arab media and the West. During the war, Britain and the...

<p>LONDON (AP) -- The British Broadcasting Corp. said Saturday it planned to briefly show graphic footage of two British soldiers killed in Iraq despite protest from their families and the Ministry of Defense.</p> <p>The BBC plans to show images of the bodies of Sgt. Simon Cullingworth, 36 and Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, as part of a documentary comparing western broadcasters' coverage of the war with that of the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera.</p>

The BBC has insisted it will show footage of two British soldiers dead in Iraq despite a public outcry led by the victims' families. Film of the bodies of Staff Sgt Simon Cullingworth, 36, and 24-year-old Sapper Luke Allsopp lying on a road will feature on the BBC's Correspondent programme a week tomorrow. The soldiers' families are said to be furious at the decision and, with the support of the Ministry of Defence and a national newspaper, have asked the network not to show the footage. A spokesman for the MoD said: "The MoD has made it very clear to...

Victim ... Staff Sgt Simon BBC bosses were branded a disgrace last night for deciding to screen video of two dead British soldiers. The sickening footage shows the bodies of Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth, 36, and Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24. The pair — said to have been executed by Iraqis after being ambushed in Gulf War II — were filmed lying in a dusty street. Devastated relatives still mourning the soldiers accused BBC chiefs of being heartless and begged them to axe the clip. It is due to be shown on BBC2 a week from Sunday. Simon’s heartbroken widow Alison...

THE CAPTURE of two of the coalition’s most wanted members of the former Iraqi regime could lead to the capture of Saddam Hussein, say opposition groups. Jamal Mustafa Sultan Abdullah al-Tikriti, Saddam’s son-in-law, who surrendered in Damascus last night, was one of the Iraqi leader’s trusted inner circle. Married to Hala, Saddam’s younger daughter, he is listed as the nine of clubs in a pack of cards handed out to United States troops showing the 55 most wanted figures of Saddam’s regime. The former Iraqi dictator is the ace of spades. Moments after Jamal gave himself up, US Central Command...

Got him You're nicked ... a squaddiearrests Barour From NICK PARKERin Southern IraqBRITISH troops yesterday grabbed an Iraqi thug said to have executed two of Our Boys. Bearded Khalid Barour, a senior Ba’ath Party official and a top aide of Saddam’s, was caught at a checkpoint near Al Zubayr in southern Iraq. He was last night being questioned over the deaths of Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth, 36, and Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24. Humiliated ... Barour is forced to his knees The pair were ambushed by Iraqi forces. It was later claimed they had been executed after being dragged from...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.