British special forces murdered civilians in their sleep: former members accuse SAS of decades of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan
Over 30 British veterans have accused the UK’s Special Forces (SAS and SBS) of executing unarmed civilians, including children, during night raids in Iraq and Afghanistan. In testimonies to the BBC’s Panorama, they described a decade of war crimes, including killing detainees and injured fighters at point-blank range, and planting weapons on bodies.
“They handcuffed a young boy and shot him,” one former SAS member said. “He was clearly a child, not even close to fighting age… This didn’t just happen once.” He added that troops would shoot handcuffed detainees, then remove the restraints and plant a pistol to justify the killing. “The killing of detainees became routine, they kept a kill tally” he said.