Friday, January 21, 2011

‘War-crimes’ complaint centred around role of chain of command, documents show

Colin Freeze reports for the Globe and Mail:

A Canadian special-forces soldier approached military overseers two years ago with complaints about "war crimes" in Afghanistan – a state of affairs he suggested could only be corrected if the ultra-secret JTF2 unit were pulled from the conflict.

These allegations, never proved, lay the basis for the so-called Sand Trap investigation that is now probing accountability within Canada's most secretive military unit.

Reports of the probe have been circulating for months, but the specifics have always been swathed in official secrecy.

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