ABC News Online: The Afghan Files
Defence leak exposes deadly secrets of Australia’s special forces.
Hundreds of pages of secret defence force documents leaked to the ABC give an unprecedented insight into the clandestine operations of Australia’s elite special forces in Afghanistan, including incidents of troops killing unarmed men and children.
The ABC can reveal that some of the cases detailed in the documents are being investigated as possible unlawful killings.
This comes a day after the ABC revealed the alleged cover up of the killing of an Afghan boy and another alleged incident in which a father and son were shot dead during a raid.
The documents, many marked AUSTEO — Australian Eyes Only — suggest a growing unease at the highest levels of Defence about the culture of Australia’s special forces as they prosecuted a bloody, secretive war against insurgents across a swathe of southern Afghanistan.
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WNU Editor: This story is big in Australia. It has already precipitated a police investigation to find the source .... ABC raid: AFP leave Ultimo building with files after hours-long raid over Afghan Files stories (ABC News Online)(also see above video), and concerns within the Australian press of keeping their sources confidential .... Police raids raise fears of Australian media crackdown (The Guardian).
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