One man, Karim, wore a scrap of cloth around his head and another over his knee.

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The second video was filmed after arriving in Cyprus, according to News of the World, and shows a British soldier with a cloth over his head.

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On his chest leans another body, its head covered in a khaki-colored cloth.

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She says the cloth is being used to make hats, muffs for keeping hands warm and as fabric in making head phones.

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