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A British soldier looks out from the rear of a Chinook Helicopter as it flies over Afghanistan, November 2011
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.”
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
As the cover-ups collapse, IAN SINCLAIR looks at the shocking testimony from British forces who would ‘go in and shoot everyone sleeping there’ during night raids — illegal, systematic murder spawned by an illegal invasion
