'Inevitable' that war memorial — a place of 'truth telling' — will feature war crimes allegations, says minister

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Darren Chester wants SAS exhibits to remain unchanged at the Australian War Memorial despite an inquiry finding evidence that soldiers committed 39 murders in Afghanistan, but admits future additions will likely reference this chapter.

Veterans Affairs Minister Darren Chester believes it's "inevitable" that future displays at the Australian War Memorial will acknowledge allegations that Australian soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan.The Veterans Affairs Minister wants the War Memorial to keep existing SAS exhibits, despite calls for their removal

A four-year inquiry, completed by New South Wales Justice Paul Brereton earlier this month, found credible information that Australian special forces committed 39 murders in Afghanistan. "It tells the ugly side of battles and the ugly side of war — it talks about peace keeping," he told RN. "The proposed development project to expand the memorial's galleries will provide us with the space to reflect the breadth of contemporary service in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, the Gulf and in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations," he said.

 

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ABC are pathetic and ridiculous. Need to be shutdown. Promoting Communist ideologies.

These alleged war crimes are exactly why Australia & the Western World in general shouldn't have gotten involved in Iraq,Syria,Afghanistan,Libya but should've left it to regional neighboring Countries to fix. Iraq War was based on a lie of WMD that destabilized the Middle East.

The people ultimately responsible for these alleged war crimes were the Politicians who deployed Australia's Soldiers into foreign lands such as Afghanistan & Iraq. The period these alleged events in Afghanistan occurred was under Labor Governments of Kevin Rudd-Julia Gillard.

ABC can get fvcked. They are unproven allegations fed to ABC dopes by Taliban vermin.

The chances that Special Forces will be 'reluctant' to obey their political masters in the future grows daily with this incessant onslaught on the profession of arms.

BLM too! Memorials? Why do the ethnic Western community of Australians sacrifice themselves in the shitholes of Europe and the Middle East? Is that why they came from their Traditional Lands of the West of Whites only?

The man who chose to intervene in both Libya and Syria which resulted in thousands of innocent little children being killed and the wrecking of both countries is Obama. WarCrimes ? the argument could be made.

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