US EditionEx-UK Special Forces Veterans Claim SAS Committed War Crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Former UK Special Forces members revealed alleged war crimes committed by colleagues during Iraq and Afghanistan operations.
- These disclosures stem from eyewitness testimonies and reports suggesting higher command awareness and possible report falsification.
- The testimonies describe patterns of unlawful killings, including executions of unarmed individuals and weapon planting to justify them.
- A veteran recounted that a young boy was restrained with handcuffs before being shot, while another recalled seeing a medic's patient killed at close range, illustrating that such acts were commonplace.
- An ongoing investigation overseen by Lord Justice Haddon-Cave is addressing issues of accountability, with additional sessions scheduled in the near future.
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UK Veterans Allege Colleagues Shot Detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan
U.K. Special Forces veterans have spoken of how “psychopathic” colleagues killed unarmed sleeping civilians while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, including a young boy who was handcuffed and shot, according to a BBC investigation.
·San Francisco, United States
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Veterans to BBC: 'Barbaric' war crimes by elite troops in Afghanistan
The BBC reports, based on extensive research, that British troops have killed defenceless prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2006. David Cameron, Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016, is said to have received reports of this.
·Netherlands
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