Former Australian Special Forces Soldier Charged With Afghan War Crime
An ex-Australian SAS soldier who served in Afghanistan has been arrested and charged with a war crime. Oliver ...
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An ex-Australian SAS soldier who served in Afghanistan has been arrested and charged with a war crime. Oliver ...
Should there be an inquiry into the role of Australia's military top brass and Defence chiefs regarding alleged war crimes in Afghanistan?
A whistleblower criminal trial and a defamation case involving a high-profile soldier and leading media houses: these are the main justice forums where alleged war crimes by Australian armed forces in Afghanistan are currently being exposed and debated. Meanwhile the Office of the Special Investigator has just told the Senate that it is investigating over 40 such cases.
Mr Hastie, a former SAS troop commander who served in Afghanistan, has been called by Nine newspapers in its defamation case against Mr Roberts-Smith.
A former Australian army commander accused of war crimes while serving in Afghanistan as part of a US-led occupation force told another soldier “I just want to kill [expletive],” a witness has said during a court hearing.