The SAS murders and the conspiracy to cover them up - Part 2
The Story
The Times
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🗓️ 8 May 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
The Sunday Times’ investigative team, Insight, has combed through 6,000 top secret documents to piece together the story of multiple military and government cover ups into the murder of civilians during the Afghan conflict. Today, in part two, we hear about the methods used to stymie, block and obstruct the course of justice.
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| 1:08.0 | I'm Manveen Rana. This story is a catalogue of scandal, one of the most shocking that I've ever come across. |
| 1:25.0 | It's a story about a rogue unit of the SAS, the most elite of British troops, |
| 1:32.0 | who went on a murdering spree in Afghanistan |
| 1:34.9 | killing innocent civilians in cold blood. It's also the story of the cover-up that followed, both within the military and at the heart of government. |
| 1:48.0 | To understand the extent of the scandal, you really need to go back to the start in 2011. |
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| 1:58.0 | And if you heard it, here's a quick reminder of where we got to. |
| 2:03.0 | Thousands of top secret documents have come to light because of the independent public |
| 2:15.2 | inquiry into the SAS murders which is currently underway at the High Court. |
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