Posted on 10/06/2019 6:50:35 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Australias most decorated soldier has accused Nine of being malicious, saying the company is commercially motivated to tear him down.
Ben Roberts-Smith has accused Nine of being commercially motivated and malicious when it alleged the former soldier was engaged in war crimes.
Australias most decorated soldier has hit back at claims he handcuffed and kicked an Afghan prisoner named Ali Jan off a cliff during a military operation in Afghanistan in 2012. The prisoner was then allegedly shot dead by another soldier.
I want Australians to know that I absolutely deny these hurtful allegations, Mr Roberts-Smith said in a statement provided to The Australian.
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What was aired by Nines 60 Minutes program shows the lengths Nine will go to smear me and cast a dark cloud over my service to this nation, Mr Roberts-Smith said.
It was also an attempt to prejudge two official inquiries examining the alleged incident, one an Australian Federal Police criminal probe, the second a long-running inquiry by the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force into possible war crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan.
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Now what specialized training is he going to get?
Fighter planes?
Bombers??
Cargo???
USAF retired, here...
Aim High, Oo-aaa, get some!
Just for the Tanks here on Free Republic mate, he was with the Special Air Service Regiment, which is the Australian SAS, not the British.
Having served in Australia, I think the SASR is better than the UK SAS, but don’t point me out to any UK SAS and tell them I said that, ok?
Same here. I was a Msgt when only Seniors and Chiefs had stripes above. I never liked the change. I told my son to get a commission, since USAF Officers get a lot of respect. 👍 At his commissioning ceremony, they had a B-52 flyover, and as they threw their flight caps in the air, two F-16s did a flyover.
I hope you got pictures!
Nothing like seeing a BUFF in the raw.
I miss my early days of screaming F-4’s at O-dark 30, BUFF takeoffs and the smell of JP-4.
Congratulations to your son (and to you).
A great achievement - and the best is yet to come.
Sure, but if you hadn't said it, the Aussies would be after you.
And the Kiwis want a word too...
Nothing like seeing a BUFF in the raw.
Someone got pictures of the B-52 flyover, but missed the F-16 fly over. This was at Maxwell, where he went to OTS.
Maxwell! Wish I knew. I retired from there (42nd Comm Sqdn) and still live 30 miles or so away!
LOL!
Well, I’m an old man now. Left Woomera Jan 84.
35 long but also quick years ago...
Hopefully, they won’t hurt the elderly!
Hi.
“claims he handcuffed and kicked an Afghan prisoner named Ali Jan off a cliff during a military operation in Afghanistan in 2012. The prisoner was then allegedly shot dead by another soldier.”
What’s the problem? Everything seems to have worked out fine.
5.56mm
I retired from Travis.
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