Originally Posted by
charliegolf
Not the actions of someone who carried enemy weapons to leave as 'supporting evidence' then? Neither did he push junior soldiers to kill prisoners and 'blood' them. (And that's a metaphor for locking them in, imo.)
Not really the same.
CG
Great point
Here’s the published report:
INSPECTOR‐GENERAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AFGHANISTAN INQUIRY REPORT
It is heavily redacted in parts, but even the displayed information shown in the list of incidents from page 68 onwards is quite shocking.
Typical statement:
(Soldier A) unlawfully killed an Afghan male (name) who was not participating in hostilities, and was under control, and was posing no threat.
(Soldier A) placed, or aided and abetted (soldier B) to place (object), carried by (Soldier A) on the body of (Afghan male) for the purpose of sensitive site exploitation photography, to misrepresent that (Afghan male) was carrying (weapon or radio) and using (weapon or radio) when engaged, and to deflect
or deceive future inquiries into the circumstances of his death.
(Soldier A) carried in his backpack (weapon or radio) to mission location, and provided for use as a throwdown on the body of (Afghan male) for the purpose of sensitive site exploitation photography that was taken by (Soldier B), to misrepresent that (Afghan male) was carrying and using (weapon or radio) when engaged, and to deflect or deceive any future inquiries into the circumstances of his death
So SAS operators were leaving base carrying AK-47s, grenades, radios or other objects used by Taliban with the intent of planting them next to bodies they had shot and then photographing them to show commanders the targets they had engaged had been posing a threat. These guys knew they were going to commit crimes, the level of premeditation is unbelievable and surely shows clear intent to commit illegal acts.