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The soldiers of the elite British SAS peculiar units resign in large numbers for fear of prosecution after human rights investigations in connection with alleged war crimes, study British media.
The investigation focuses mainly on British peculiar Forces operations in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013, as well as missions to Syria and Northern Ireland.
The public investigation is designed to analyse allegations that soldiers executed extrajudicially during night raids, including shooting prisoners and unarmed civilians, and investigating whether the evidence was falsified and high-ranking officers did not analyse or conceal irregularities.
Members of the 22nd SAS unit, an elite peculiar unit of the British Army, applied for "premature voluntary dismissal", informed many media on Monday citing interior sources.
The exact number of departures has not been revealed, although it is believed that this concerns at least 2 squadrons (D and G).
"Morale is now fatal" said 1 of the informants. another origin described ‘significant anxiety’ In the regiment.
Lt. Col. Richard Williams said on Tuesday on LBC radio that an expanding number of departures from 22. The SAS Regiment is due to concerns from soldiers that operations during the operation may later lead to investigations or possible arrests under human rights regulations.
Last period it was revealed that 242 peculiar forces soldiers, including 120 active-service soldiers, are being prosecuted by lawyers in human rights investigations, in accordance with a service memo made available to the SAS and peculiar designation Regiments.
The investigation any in the regiment called ‘witch hunt’, He examines British secret operations, and soldiers who do not comply are subject to legal sanctions, read the note.
In 2022, a BBC Panorama investigation revealed 54 people shot in suspicious circumstances by a SAS unit during a six-month mission in Helmand Province.
Unarmed Afghans allegedly ‘They systematically killed them in cold blood’, And the weapon was planted.
In December, during the investigation, it was established that the manager of the British peculiar Forces had undertaken ‘aware decision’ about covering up possible war crimes in Afghanistan, according to Morning Star.
British peculiar Forces Officer N1466 said manager “he knew what was happening on the spot” and tried to “cover up”.
In 1 of the incidents reported for investigation, peculiar forces fired on the mosquito net until there was no movement, and later found women and children, as evidenced by the investigation documents.
The shooting was allegedly covered and the soldier was convicted.
The verification prepared for the investigation revealed that the investigation of the Royal Military Police on alleged illegal killings was hampered by delays and insufficient resources, as reported by Action on Armed Violence.
The main investigation, Operation Northmoor, did not start until March 2014, although concerns arose as early as 2011, and was closed in July 2019, as described in the review as ‘inappropriate and premature’ A decision, leaving key points of investigation unexplored.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/638840-uk-sas-troops-resign-war-crimes-probe/
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