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This is worrying, it's not allegations by dodgy lawyers, it's from reports by Military Detectives
War crimes scandal: Army ‘covered up torture and child murder’ in the Middle East
SAS and Black Watch accused of breaking Geneva conventions
Evidence implicating British soldiers in the murder of children and the torture of civilians was covered up by military commanders, according to leaked documents that had been kept secret by the government.
Military detectives unearthed disturbing allegations that senior commanders had tried to hide war crimes by British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, a year-long investigation by The Sunday Times and the BBC Panorama programme has established.
Evidence had been found of murders by an SAS soldier and deaths in custody, beatings, torture and degrading sexual abuse of detainees by members of the Black Watch. The military detectives also discovered allegations of the falsification of documents serious enough to merit prosecutions of senior officers.
One of the SAS’s most senior commanders was referred to prosecutors for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The evidence emerged during two war crimes inquiries — Operation Northmoor for Afghanistan and the Iraq Historic Allegations Team — which were wound down in 2017 by the defence secretary at the time, Sir Michael Fallon, before reaching trial.
Investigators from the inquiries have expressed frustration that compelling evidence was swept aside for political reasons. “Key decisions were being taken out of our hands,” said one investigator. “There was more and more pressure coming from the Ministry of Defence to get cases closed as quickly as possible.”
Lord Macdonald, a former director of public prosecutions, has reviewed the evidence. He said: “It’s absolutely reprehensible for politicians to take it upon themselves to interfere in investigations into crimes this serious, and to close those investigations down before they’re complete.”
Panorama: War Crimes Scandal Exposed
BBC1, tomorrow (Monday 18 November) at 9pm
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/army-covered-up-torture-and-child-murder-bfdc5rsmw
War crimes scandal: Army ‘covered up torture and child murder’ in the Middle East
SAS and Black Watch accused of breaking Geneva conventions
Evidence implicating British soldiers in the murder of children and the torture of civilians was covered up by military commanders, according to leaked documents that had been kept secret by the government.
Military detectives unearthed disturbing allegations that senior commanders had tried to hide war crimes by British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, a year-long investigation by The Sunday Times and the BBC Panorama programme has established.
Evidence had been found of murders by an SAS soldier and deaths in custody, beatings, torture and degrading sexual abuse of detainees by members of the Black Watch. The military detectives also discovered allegations of the falsification of documents serious enough to merit prosecutions of senior officers.
One of the SAS’s most senior commanders was referred to prosecutors for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The evidence emerged during two war crimes inquiries — Operation Northmoor for Afghanistan and the Iraq Historic Allegations Team — which were wound down in 2017 by the defence secretary at the time, Sir Michael Fallon, before reaching trial.
Investigators from the inquiries have expressed frustration that compelling evidence was swept aside for political reasons. “Key decisions were being taken out of our hands,” said one investigator. “There was more and more pressure coming from the Ministry of Defence to get cases closed as quickly as possible.”
Lord Macdonald, a former director of public prosecutions, has reviewed the evidence. He said: “It’s absolutely reprehensible for politicians to take it upon themselves to interfere in investigations into crimes this serious, and to close those investigations down before they’re complete.”
Panorama: War Crimes Scandal Exposed
BBC1, tomorrow (Monday 18 November) at 9pm
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/army-covered-up-torture-and-child-murder-bfdc5rsmw