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A British soldier looks out from the rear of a Chinook Helicopter as it flies over Afghanistan, November 2011
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AFGHAN families haunted by the loss of family members killed in raids by British special forces will seek truth and justice today at the launch of a statutory inquiry into the alleged crimes.
The inquiry at the Royal Courts of Justice will investigate claims of illegal activity by special forces, including the SAS, in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013 and an alleged cover-up by the Royal Military Police.
The families of 29 people killed in raids, including eight children, have called on the inquiry to “provide us with the truth.”
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
Just as the Chilcot inquiry eventually exposed government failings over the Iraq war, a full independent investigation into British complicity in Israeli war crimes has become inevitable — despite official obstruction, writes JEREMY CORBYN MP