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Defence starts dismissing SAS soldiers in wake of Afghanistan war crimes inquiry
At least 10 current members of the elite Special Air Service Regiment implicated in the damning Afghanistan war crimes inquiry have received termination notices from the Defence Department.
The ABC can reveal Defence “initiated administrative action” against serving Special Forces members within days of last week’s landmark Brereton war crimes report being made public.
Defence sources have told the ABC the elite soldiers facing expulsion are members of the SAS’s now disbanded 2 Squadron as well as the Regiment’s 3 Squadron.
The personnel are suspected to have been “accessories” or “witnesses” to alleged murders carried out by other Special Forces soldiers but are not among the 19 personnel who Justice Brereton recommended be referred to…
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