Australian war crimes and racist fantasies in Afghanistan
Australian and British troops stand at attention during an ANZAC day ceremony at Camp Armadillo in Afghanistan on April 25, 2008 [Reuters/Omar Sobhani] Last week the distressing details of a four-year inquiry into the Australian Defence Force’s war crimes in Afghanistan were finally released to the public. The country grappled with the scale of the violence: at least 23 deadly incidents; 39 Afghan civilians, including children, killed; at least 25 Australian soldiers of the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) involved. The report described a savage practice of “blooding”, where young spe...
Source: aljazeera.com