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"Outrageous" and "repugnant": Australia demands apology from China over doctored tweet
CNBC.com ^ | 30 November 2020 | Saheli Roy Choudhury

Posted on 11/30/2020 12:27:40 AM PST by zeestephen

Lijian Zhao, a spokesperson at the Chinese foreign ministry, earlier tweeted the fake image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of a child...Zhao’s tweet was in reference to a report earlier this month of a four-year investigation by the inspector-general of the Australian Defence Force. The report found that Australia's special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan.

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"Australia said 19 current and former soldiers will be referred for potential criminal prosecution..."
1 posted on 11/30/2020 12:27:40 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Civilians should never have the role of judging soldier’s actions in a war zone!!! They should try being at the point of the spear first, or STFU.

Same goes with perfumed princes from REMF units.


2 posted on 11/30/2020 12:30:16 AM PST by datura (If you have to cheat, you didn't’ win.)
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To: datura

“REMF”

Haven’t heard that for a while!


3 posted on 11/30/2020 12:39:45 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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https://afghanistaninquiry.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/IGADF-Afghanistan-Inquiry-Public-Release-Version.pdf

"19.In different Special Operations Task Group rotations, the Inquiry has found that there is credible information that junior soldiers were required by their patrol commanders to shoot a prisoner, in order to achieve the soldier's first kill, in a practice that was known as ‘blooding’. This would happen after the target compound had been secured, and local nationals had been secured as ‘persons under control’. Typically, the patrol commander would take a person under control and the junior member, who would then be directed to kill the person under control. ‘Throwdowns’ would be placed with the body, and a ‘cover story’ was created for the purposes of operational reporting and to deflect scrutiny. This was reinforced with a code of silence."

4 posted on 11/30/2020 12:51:29 AM PST by Widget Jr
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To: Darteaus94025

My disdain for them goes back decades.... I guess being a grumpy old grunt never goes away for me.


5 posted on 11/30/2020 12:52:19 AM PST by datura (If you have to cheat, you didn't’ win.)
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To: zeestephen

Terrible that Australia will be forced to bend the knee to Chinas if Biden gets in.


6 posted on 11/30/2020 1:30:58 AM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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Terrible that Australia will be forced to bend the knee to Chinas if Biden gets in.

And we won't?

7 posted on 11/30/2020 1:51:52 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: zeestephen

HOORAY Aussies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeXpaugKhPA

(can’t find the official)


8 posted on 11/30/2020 2:21:06 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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“Terrible that Australia will be forced to bend the knee to Chinas if Biden gets in.”

There is only ONE China!

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9 posted on 11/30/2020 2:27:05 AM PST by Does so (It takes electrons more time to resolve elections than counting paper ballots!)
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To: zeestephen

Did Twitter put a warning on it ...


10 posted on 11/30/2020 2:38:13 AM PST by Patriot_MP (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Widget Jr
Looks like the work product of socialist termites in the Australian government, writing Australia’s enemies’ propaganda for them.
11 posted on 11/30/2020 2:41:38 AM PST by fluorescence
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To: zeestephen

China is on the move. Why wouldn’t they be acting like victory is close? Their Manchurian candidate is almost in the White House.


12 posted on 11/30/2020 2:48:09 AM PST by Nateman (Democracy dies with vote fraud darkness.)
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To: fluorescence

The link was to the public redacted version of the official report from the Inspector General of the Australian Defense Force. Name calling won’t make it go away.


13 posted on 11/30/2020 3:09:58 AM PST by Widget Jr
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