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Here is what the page “Australian SAS officers knew about unlawful 'throwdowns' on dead Afghans, report says | No” contains. Some Australian SAS officers knew that soldiers under their command were planting weapons on dead Afghan civilians to make them appear as combatants, a practice known as 'throwdowns', but did nothing to stop it, according to a previously unpublished military report. Australian SAS officers knew about unlawful 'throwdowns'

Some Australian SAS officers knew that soldiers under their command were planting weapons on dead Afghan civilians to make them appear as combatants, a practice known as 'throwdowns', but did nothing to stop it, according to a previously unpublished military report. The executive summary of a 2021 investigation by the Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) into the cultural context of the special operations command was posted online this week. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.

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