CANBERRA, KOMPAS.com – Leaders of elite forces Australia SAS reportedly forced new recruits to shoot prisoners to death to make them “bleed”.
The disclosure of the news came amid allegations that the “Kangaroo Country” military was suspected of committing it murder extrajudicial in Afghanistan between 2007-2013.
General Angus Campbell, Head of the Australian Defense Forces, released the edited report of Paul Brereton, Senior Judge Sydnye and former general of the reserve corps.
It took the judges four years to complete investigations and compile a report, during which the manuscript was heavily edited.
Judge Brereton found information, the SAS elite troop carried out 39 extrajudicial killings while joining the US-led coalition in Afghanistan.
Gazetted The Times, the allegations include the “first murder” by a junior member on orders from his boss.
Reported Daily Mirror Friday (20/11/2020), the leadership was given the order so that each new member felt “bleeding”.
The report also stated that foreign weapons and communication tools were placed next to the bodies of the victims, so that they looked like soldiers to trick their commanders.
General Campbell suspected, the number of Afghans who were killed arbitrarily special forces This “land of kangaroos” is more than 39 people.
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“Although I am reluctant, I have to accept that this possibility (of extrajudicial killings) has occurred,” said General Campbell.
He embraced people who were victims or might have information about war crimes it is to report immediately.
To ABCGeneral Campbell said he had anticipated receiving unsavory reports of the behavior of his men.
However, he did not expect that the report he received would be so suffocating. “And this report is very, very terrible,” he said.
One of the incidents, described in the report, contained details that were described as “the most embarrassing in Australian military history”.
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Following this news, as many as 19 people, both who are still active in service and retirees, will undergo trial and have the potential to lose their merit if guilty.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison reportedly called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, hours before the report was released.
To Ghani, PM Morrison promised his party would send him more seriously while emphasizing the crucial importance of SAS integrity.
Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Linda Reynolds said she felt very disgusted after reading the war crimes findings.
“I got the report two weeks ago and it disgusts me. Like many Australians, I was in shock and sadness,” he said.
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