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BBC Accuses British SAS of Killing Dozens of Afghan Detainees
2022-07-13
The BBC is like the New York Times of England — only with television shows as well as thought-shaping reports... and posh accents.
and paid for by forced taxes whether you watch their shit or not
[KhaamaPress] An investigation by the BBC alleges that the Special Air Service (SAS), a branch of the British special forces, killed a large number of detainees while carrying out counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan ten years ago.

The channel claimed, based on recently acquired military records, that one SAS unit may have murdered 54 civilians in the southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province arbitrarily between 2010 and 2011.

It further claimed that the former chief of the British Special Forces was aware of the suspected deaths but failed to inform a murder investigation of the evidence.

If a commanding officer learns of possible war crimes, failing to alert the military police is a crime under the British Armed Forces Act.

Reams of SAS operational accounts, containing reports on more than a dozen "kill or capture" missions conducted by one SAS unit in Helmand in 2010—2011, were analyzed by BBC Panorama.

The unit allegedly conducted "kill or capture" missions to seize Taliban
...Arabic for students...
leaders and eliminate bomb-making operations.

The Ministry of Defence stated that while it was unable to comment on particular charges, it should not be seen as endorsing the veracity of those allegations.

Two independent investigations of the conduct of British forces in Afghanistan, according to the ministry, were conducted, but neither produced enough evidence to warrant criminal charges.

The report "jumps to unjustified conclusions from allegations that have already been fully investigated," according to the Ministry of Defense.

As a part of an international coalition established by NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, British forces have been stationed in Afghanistan since 2001.

Since 2006, thousands of British soldiers have been placed in Helmand to help provide security for development projects, but they were soon drawn into combat activities.

Last summer, 20 years after the first Western troops were sent to Afghanistan, the final British forces and their NATO allies withdrew from Afghanistan.
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Special Air Service: 2021-07-06 UK May Keep Special Forces in Afghanistan: Media
Posted by:trailing wife

#14  BBC has never met a Muslim it wouldn't service orally.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-07-13 23:58  

#13  ^ Wouldn't it be swell if this ended in a televised beheading and an international storm-in-a-teacup micro-incident?
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-07-13 16:10  

#12  Dron, re Islamophilia, we're just getting started over here: Great Muslim American Road Trip. Which would be fine, but it's being promoted like it's the new Downton Abbey "Black folks allowed outdoors now WOOHOO!" programming.
Posted by: Glonter Peacock9977   2022-07-13 15:59  

#11  #9 Acacia

This upset me at first since I love acacias, in an amateurish way, almost without exception. But... Thorny... mostly yellowish flowers... small beanlike seeds! ["And ain't I a legume?"] And so forth. Forgive me for doubting you.
Posted by: Glonter Peacock9977   2022-07-13 15:23  

#10  Veterans accuse BBC of basing SAS war crimes claims on video of AUSTRALIAN troops shooting unarmed man and 'hearsay' as military police vow to investigate
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-07-13 15:02  

#9  Maybe Acacia means the paleostains?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-07-13 14:43  

#8  ^ My guess is he's an islamophile of some sort. Many men today are pùssy whipped by moslem girlfriends or wives into BDSing or whining on their behalf.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-07-13 14:36  

#7  Yeah, yeah. We know you hate the Juice.
Posted by: Frank G   2022-07-13 14:18  

#6  Well well, and then we have the west saying Russia is doing war crimes what a joke! can anyone show me footage of Russia doing anything like this? the amount of war crimes conducted in Afghanistan, ten years later and we are still hearing about it! how about we stop going after President Putin and look to prosecute people in a country called Israel, the biggest criminal and racist state for war crimes before we look else where
Posted by: Aca Joe    2022-07-13 13:24  

#5  ..."Rule .303" and Breaker Morant(1980)
Posted by: magpie   2022-07-13 08:50  

#4  For varying definitions of the term 'civilians' -- a very elastic concept.
Posted by: magpie   2022-07-13 08:47  

#3  BBC should be made to walk point
Posted by: Frank G   2022-07-13 08:33  

#2  Perfidious Albion eventually turns on everyone.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-07-13 08:21  

#1  Well done, lads, well done. Decorations and leave all around.
Posted by: Cesare   2022-07-13 08:13  

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