The Shia dominated United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), which won 128 seats in the Iraqi Parliamentary elections elected Ibrahim al-Jaafari as its candidate for Prime Minister. The Kurds, who won 53 seats, would most likely support the Shia party in the Government. The Sunnis won 80 seats. In England, a home video taken by a corporal in Southern Iraq in 2004 depicting UK soldiers brutalizing Iraqi teenagers was published by The News of the World. The UK British Ministry of Defense ordered a probe into what it said was "unacceptable" behavior in an otherwise "loyal, hard-working, and decent" army and vowed to bring the guilty to justice.

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