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SAS had golden pass to get away with murder, inquiry told (www.bbc.com)

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A former senior UK Special Forces officer has told a public inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that the SAS had a "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder".

The accusation was published by the Afghanistan Inquiry on Wednesday as part of a release of material summarising seven closed hearings with members of UK Special Forces.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They've had that golden pass for a lot longer than the war in Afghanistan. They had carte blanche in N. Ireland, for example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Not really, they certainly had secret executions but they were limited. And a lot of that was done by police or the militias. The army wasn't just rolling around shooting people.