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2023-07-08 Britain
Special Forces at centre of Afghanistan war crimes inquiry, MoD confirms
[BBC] The Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time that UK Special Forces are at the centre of a war crimes inquiry.

The BBC uncovered evidence clearly indicating that one SAS unit operating in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011 killed 54 people in suspicious circumstances in one six-month tour.
The MoD on Wednesday abandoned an effort to restrict any mention of Special Forces' involvement in alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. The MoD's stance had been challenged by bereaved family members and by several media outlets, including the BBC. The inquiry follows years of reporting into alleged SAS unlawful killings.

In a statement ahead of a hearing of the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: "The inquiry is now reaching the stage of substantive hearings, and I can confirm that the allegations relate to the conduct of UK Special Forces." # id) ?>
Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1801 views ]  Top

1 Lets insure patriots never serve. After the media drumms up a victim and get the government to go after some unsuspecting troop. Its not like we have not seen variants of this before. Hell, the DNC and CNN has the DOJ going after the president for being a serial rapist...
Posted by 49 Pan 2023-07-08 10:04||   2023-07-08 10:04|| Front Page Top

2 Entrapment is indeed, a very old game.

Classified documents in his attic wasn't it ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-08 10:10||   2023-07-08 10:10|| Front Page Top

3 ^^^ Good one, B. That pic is from the basement tapes.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-07-08 10:13||   2023-07-08 10:13|| Front Page Top

4 Stacey Abrams could have written that biography, but NO! He had been studied and was effectively targeted. His political 'career after' was destroyed.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-08 10:24||   2023-07-08 10:24|| Front Page Top

5 Petraeus still gets trotted out on cable news like a chained bear hoping for an extra scoop of Putin’s product. I hope against hope that they will mistakenly chain between the columns of their heathen temple.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-08 10:39||   2023-07-08 10:39|| Front Page Top

6 A little fling didn't hurt Ike, but surely I don't mean to compare the two.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-07-08 10:49||   2023-07-08 10:49|| Front Page Top

7 Kathleen Helen Summersby was Ike's British Mechanised Transport Corps driver. Yes, there were stories. Years later Summersby was asked about it by a biographer and her reported response was:

"There was that time, but Ike wasn't up for it."

A very British response, which I prefer to accept.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-08 12:14||   2023-07-08 12:14|| Front Page Top

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