Sunday 10 June 2018

Andrew Bolt's Blog.10/6/18; Denials by soldiers turned politicians; What happened in Afghanistan?;







'Blood the rookie': On his first deployment, he was told to execute an elderly, unarmed man 


A Special Air Service Regiment trooper on his first deployment to Afghanistan was pressured to execute an elderly, unarmed detainee by fellow higher-ranking soldiers as part of a "blooding" ritual, according to defence insiders who were witnesses at the scene.
And on the same mission, another man with a prosthetic leg was killed by machine-gun fire. His plastic leg was souvenired and later taken back to SAS headquarters in Perth to be used as a novelty beer drinking vessel.

 Australia's ugly turn in Afghanistan

 As evidence takes shape, obvious questions emerge pointing to command failure. How were these breaches allowed to occur? Who knew, and what was done, or for that matter left undone? The conundrum clearly consumed former Special Operations commander Major-General Jeff Sengelman, whose own questions initiated the inquiry. While some senior comrades won’t thank him, the rank and file should take comfort that the objective is not all about hanging some lowly trooper.


  1.  Afghan villagers allege family members were killed by soldiers

     Three villagers ended up dead after a team of Australian soldiers descended on a small Afghan community. What happened that day is now the subject of a secretive high-level inquiry.

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