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Lawfare or otherwise the result is the same. If the public believes these allegations it corrodes trust in the Army, undermines morale across the force, and damages the military's standing while providing succour to its enemies and detractors . #SASInquiry
UPDATE: #SASInquiry into UK war crimes in #Afghanistan — MoD reportedly tells SAS troops NOT to cooperate, calling it a 'witch hunt'. Accusations include cover-ups of extrajudicial killings, including of children.
https://t.co/4TbWAXgaDD
The entire scope and terms of reference of #SASInquiry on #Afghanistan is limited and non-robust. Yesterday evening marked the first of many public panel discussions to counter the archival and epistemic violence with lived experiences and empirical evidence. Recording out soon.
🎥 Full recording of the #SASInquiry on #Afghanistan: Night Raids & Targeted Killings now available.
I argue that the contours of the inquiry is limited and non-robust, not accounting for all modalities of Britain’s targeted killing practices. #drones
https://t.co/zb79yZ3hFg
The entire scope and terms of reference of #SASInquiry on #Afghanistan is limited and non-robust. Yesterday evening marked the first of many public panel discussions to counter the archival and epistemic violence with lived experiences and empirical evidence. Recording out soon.
The entire scope and terms of reference of #SASInquiry on #Afghanistan is limited and non-robust. Yesterday evening marked the first of many public panel discussions to counter the archival and epistemic violence with lived experiences and empirical evidence. Recording out soon.
Jonathan Steele @steelejourno, former chief foreign correspondent @guardian and author of 'Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground' will also be joining us @SOAS next week!
Tues 20th May | 6.15pm
Book https://t.co/k1BOFKfsCj
#Afghanistan #sasinquiry
Join us to discuss the UK inquiry into alleged misconduct and human rights breaches by the Special Air Service in Afghanistan with @iainoverton, @KhalilDewan, @AltheaMRivas, Prof. Lutz Oette and Ajmal Sulaiman.
🗓Tues 20 May
⏰ 18:15
����BGLT, SOAS
Book: https://t.co/AkdFSQVTpj
🚨 Tonight at 20:00 on @BBCOne, #BBCPanorama airs explosive first-ever SAS eyewitness accounts of night raids and targeted killings in #Afghanistan. Join us next week @SOAS to continue this critical discussion w/ @SOASICOP. #SASInquiry
https://t.co/XnO7BeYkpb
@AfghanUKAFInq
Join us to discuss the UK inquiry into alleged misconduct and human rights breaches by the Special Air Service in Afghanistan with @iainoverton, @KhalilDewan, @AltheaMRivas, Prof. Lutz Oette and Ajmal Sulaiman.
🗓Tues 20 May
⏰ 18:15
����BGLT, SOAS
Book: https://t.co/AkdFSQVTpj
NEW UPDATE: #SASInquiry
A veteran who served with the SBS said….
"I saw the quietest guys switch, show serious psychopathic traits," he said. "They were lawless. They felt untouchable."
https://t.co/e8LMcXU7my
New update: A former senior UK Special Forces officer has told a public inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that the SAS had a "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder". This includes children below age of 16. #SASInquiry #Afghanistan
SAS had a "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder".
I remember in the early days of the war, footage would be sent to us of the crimes of British troops in Afghanistan. With Gaza today, we have social media. Let's not forget what US & UK did.
#SASInquiry #Afghanistan
New update: A former senior UK Special Forces officer has told a public inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that the SAS had a "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder". This includes children below age of 16. #SASInquiry #Afghanistan
New update: A former senior UK Special Forces officer has told a public inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that the SAS had a "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder". This includes children below age of 16. #SASInquiry #Afghanistan
New update: #SASInquiry #Afghanistan #NightRaids
Second most senior officer in the British army knew, in 2011, of 'unofficial policy' among SAS squadrons to kill any Afghan male over age of 15 on raids, regardless of threat.
Gen Gwyn Jenkins, who is now the second most senior officer in the British armed forces, received accounts of conversations in which members of the SAS described extrajudicial killings.
But instead of referring the evidence to military police, Gen Jenkins placed it in a classified dossier and **locked it in a safe**.
The failure to refer the evidence to military police has previously been disclosed in court, but the identities of the officers involved were withheld from the public by the Ministry of Defence.
Gen Jenkins - who was at the time a colonel in the senior ranks of special forces - created the classified dossier in April 2011 after first briefing his direct superior, then-head of special forces Gen Jonathan Page, on the nature of the evidence.
Under British law, commanding officers are legally obliged to inform the military police if they are made aware of any evidence that a war crime may have been committed.
But the dossier containing the testimony remained locked in the safe for four years, known only to a handful of officers, as Gen Jenkins rose through the ranks of the armed forces, until a separate special forces whistleblower informed the Royal Military Police of its existence.
The same month that Gen Jenkins created the classified dossier, he became head of all United Kingdom Special Forces in Afghanistan. He would go on to become the director of UK Special Forces and then vice chief of the defence staff, the second most senior position in the military - a promotion that saw him jump from a two-star to a four-star general.
https://t.co/IXe7Atyzt6
New update: #SASInquiry #Afghanistan #NightRaids
Second most senior officer in the British army knew, in 2011, of 'unofficial policy' among SAS squadrons to kill any Afghan male over age of 15 on raids, regardless of threat.
Gen Gwyn Jenkins, who is now the second most senior officer in the British armed forces, received accounts of conversations in which members of the SAS described extrajudicial killings.
But instead of referring the evidence to military police, Gen Jenkins placed it in a classified dossier and **locked it in a safe**.
The failure to refer the evidence to military police has previously been disclosed in court, but the identities of the officers involved were withheld from the public by the Ministry of Defence.
Gen Jenkins - who was at the time a colonel in the senior ranks of special forces - created the classified dossier in April 2011 after first briefing his direct superior, then-head of special forces Gen Jonathan Page, on the nature of the evidence.
Under British law, commanding officers are legally obliged to inform the military police if they are made aware of any evidence that a war crime may have been committed.
But the dossier containing the testimony remained locked in the safe for four years, known only to a handful of officers, as Gen Jenkins rose through the ranks of the armed forces, until a separate special forces whistleblower informed the Royal Military Police of its existence.
The same month that Gen Jenkins created the classified dossier, he became head of all United Kingdom Special Forces in Afghanistan. He would go on to become the director of UK Special Forces and then vice chief of the defence staff, the second most senior position in the military - a promotion that saw him jump from a two-star to a four-star general.
https://t.co/IXe7Atyzt6
UPDATE: British #SASInquiry #Afghanistan
- UK special forces killed nine people "in their beds" during an Afghan night raid
- UK special forces were accused of "abusing" night raids in order to commit "numerous" extra-judicial killings - which were allegedly later covered up.
More:
#SASInquiry had gone too far in #Afghanistan.
Downing Street were calling in 2016 for SAS to have
****“wings clipped���****
Military police: “no shortage of detractors” in Whitehall of SAS conduct
MOD: “troubled” by culture within Britain’s special forces.
UPDATE: British #SASInquiry #Afghanistan
- UK special forces killed nine people "in their beds" during an Afghan night raid
- UK special forces were accused of "abusing" night raids in order to commit "numerous" extra-judicial killings - which were allegedly later covered up.
I’m back on British war crimes today..
#SASInquiry #Afghanistan
“The existence of serious suspicions of extra-judicial killings were widely known at the highest levels within Government … even in 10 Downing Street”. R Hermer KC, acting for Afghan victim families told inquiry
*** Senior officers suspected troops of carrying out a policy of executing "fighting age" men even if they posed no threat. #Afghanistan #SASInquiry
UPDATE: British #SASInquiry #Afghanistan
- UK special forces killed nine people "in their beds" during an Afghan night raid
- UK special forces were accused of "abusing" night raids in order to commit "numerous" extra-judicial killings - which were allegedly later covered up.
The #SASInquiry into war crimes in #Afghanistan is ending before starting. MOD have deployed “neither confirm nor deny” strategies to prevent naming the specific Special Forces units involved in the killings. The only update: UK Special Forces involved. https://t.co/R34OOZTN0w
Grateful to @AOAV for mobilising a critical set of scholars to discuss militarism within UK academia. I had the space to discuss my ongoing socio-legal PhD research in the context of the British #SASinquiry on unlawful killings/night raids/#drones. #Afghanistan. More soon.
At @AOAV's #disarmingdebate, @KhalilDewan, Dr Antonia Dawes, and Dr Paul Dixon explored the lack of critical review in the way academia approaches war and the military.
We're so pleased they were here to share their expertise - thank you!
https://t.co/G1XcDbWIht
Seems the #SASInquiry will leave the public inquiring indefinitely as they default to a Glomar Response effectively denying the public’s right to know, worse, denying victims the truth.
Given my own past experiences, I can’t say it’s a surprise because it isn’t.
The #SASInquiry into war crimes in #Afghanistan is ending before starting. MOD have deployed “neither confirm nor deny” strategies to prevent naming the specific Special Forces units involved in the killings. The only update: UK Special Forces involved. https://t.co/R34OOZTN0w
The #SASInquiry into war crimes in #Afghanistan is ending before starting. MOD have deployed “neither confirm nor deny” strategies to prevent naming the specific Special Forces units involved in the killings. The only update: UK Special Forces involved. https://t.co/R34OOZTN0w
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