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| 12-October-2023 |
An independent inquiry has heard shocking allegations of how SAS soldiers engaged in a “widespread and systematic pattern of unlawful extrajudicial killings” - which were known at the highest levels of the UK government, even in Downing St, but covered up for years.
The judge-led inquiry was forced on a reluctant Ministry of Defence (MoD) after allegations surfaced repeatedly in the media before families of Afghans killed by SAS troops, including the execution of Afghan males of “fighting age” between 2010 and 2013, took the claims to the high court.
The inquiry has heard devastating allegations, some of them privately backed at the time by serving SAS troops, that were persistently ignored. Commanders attempted to block investigations by the military police, according to detailed claims backed up by witnesses.
Computer records of SAS activities are reported to have been permanently and deliberately wiped before they could be shown to military investigators.
The inquiry is particularly significant with the combination of a catalogue of allegations backed up by detailed evidence shedding unprecedented light on the SAS, the least accountable of organs of the British state.
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Am I doing something wrong or does that link to a different article?
ReplyDeleteHit the top link Steve. My fault. Will amend now.
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DeleteHad both articles open at same time and inadvertently copied and pasted the wrong one for the bottom link.
Thanks for letting us know.
All good. Thought I was still a little drunk from breakfast.
DeleteThere's exactly the same issue with the Australian SAS at the moment. Serious consideration is being given to totally disbanding the unit. The similarities actually made me think that there's been a mixup in the reports.
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