we are listening to general angus campbell, austria's chief of defence, as a long—awaited report inton forces is being given. allegations that 39 afg ha n given. allegations that 39 afghan prisoners, farmers or civilians were unlawfully killed by 25 members of australian forces. we heard there an apology from general campbell, saying i sincerely and unreservedly apologise for any wrongdoing of australian soldiers. let's go back and listen to with the general is saying. midi or public attention to this issue is additional people coming forward. rather than assuming ethically and strongly encourage people to do so if there is anything that they wish to race with the special investigator. in terms of knowing, i thinkjustice burton indicated in his report quite an effort to ensure people did not know, which is in itself a damning statement for command at many levels. we'll start here and come down. the report says that there are 39 people that have been unlawfully killed and in some cases calls for immediate compensation that is provided before any possible criminal prosecution by us. how

there are many is it -- as he said, there are many is it —— incidents as we heard from general angus campbellents to investigate further on that process is going to be highly complicated but, you know, it's really interesting to watch general campbell today because after his address, he was asked whether he expected the report to be that bad and he said that despite knowing that something was wrong there, he said, "i didn't expect to hear what i heard about some of the practices in some of the alleged unlawful killings by members of the special forces in afghanistan. 50 what changes can we expect to see as a result of this? a couple of things. one is, this is something general campbell spoke about within his address, a number of times, he said this isa a number of times, he said this is a result of a culture, a result of the toxic competitiveness but also a result of the culture that encouraged this kind of unlawful killing and he said there is going to be an oversight panel that is going to be outside the army's chain of command that is going to look at what needs to change within these spec

it is interesting, the chief of defence, general angus campbell, mentioned the word culture more thane in his address. he said it was not just the fact that these alleged unlawful killings happened, it was the fact that they happened in a matter of impunity, that these perpetrators had allegedly acted in a way where they were confused about what they were doing, they were not whatever the battle, it was quite deliberate and also done in an airof deliberate and also done in an air of competitiveness and that was a result of notjust individual action but as a result of a culture that allow that to happen and he said in addressing the afghan and australian people in his apology that the culture had to change. he said there were mechanisms under way, interestingly enough, he said there was some resistance about there was some resistance about the change of culture and we know there is an independent oversight panel that has also been set to ensure accountability but also, crucially, set outside the chain of command of the army. you know, it is quite interesting the details of the amount,

he said there are many incidents as we have heard this morning from general angus campbell, many incidentsinvestigate further and that process is going to be highly complicated. but it's really interesting to watch general campbell today because after his address, he was asked whether he asked if it of the report to be that bad and he said despite knowing something was wrong there was something deeply wrong, he said i did not expect to hear what i heard about some of the practices and some of the alleged unlawful killings by members of social forces in afghanistan. what changes can we expect in the australian forces? a couple of things. one is so think general campbell spoke about within his address a numberof about within his address a number of times. this is the result of a culture. he said as a result of the toxic competitiveness but a result of the culture that encouraged this kind of unlawful killing. he said there is going to be an oversight panel that is going to be outside the army poss mention of command that is going to look at what needs to change within the special forces and

well, the chief of these showing defense force angus campbell has just apologize sincerely for any wrongdoing. and this does need to be seen as a strictly in a struggle in government and the australian defense force taking accountability show ins have known about this for some time because of media coverage of the lake's of stories of alleged war crimes. and this really is confirming that the australian defense force also thinks that wrongdoings have occurred. it's interesting to note that it says its responsibility to make sure that families of any afghan citizens who were caught up in this do get compensated even before the criminal cases get prosecuted. so it will be very concerned about this. but this does show that the defense forces taking accountability and holding those to account who didn't act within the realms of the law of war. they're good guys there for us live in camera, us secretary of state. my pump is in israel on what is said to be his last will. on behalf of the trump administration, he held a joint press conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and bahra

general angus campbell used words like toxic, appalling and shameful when describing the actions of membershe special forces, and it wasn't just that these alleged executions occurred, but it was also the culture of impunity in which they happened. these findings allege the most serious breaches of military conduct and professional values. the killing, the unlawful killing, of civilians and prisoners is never acceptable. none of the alleged unlawful killings were described as being in the heat of battle. none were alleged to have occurred in circumstances in which the intent of the perpetrator was unclear, confused or mistaken. one picture stood out in general campbell's address — the moment he described the coercion of somejunior soldiers to allegedly shoot unarmed civilians to get their first kill ina civilians to get their first kill in a practice known as blooding. there are also allegations that radios and weapons were planted to substantiate claims that the victims were enemies killed in action. general campbell said that a badly needed cultural change was under way. he also addressed

angus campbell has said that he wants any of these problems to be dealt with domestically in stride. and given the gravity of these findings, i say scott morrison, the government of been trying to get out in front of this report being released today. yes, this will come as no surprise to shocking indeed, but we have had stories coming out over the past few years about these allegations . and it should be noted that many of these stories have, have actually come from soldiers with the in the special forces in afghanistan. the strangely in defense force has said that they do not condone these types of behaviors at all. and the chief of defense force has apologized sincerely to everyone who has been affected by this. since it does need to be noted that more than 26000, the straley ins did so cheering operation, slipper, it was a strategy is a longest involvement in any war. and this long the inquiry does show that this shelling government does want to make sure that justice is served to the families in afghanistan. it has also said that it will be the inquiry has recommended that compen

they're taking this seriously, that people will be held to account and the chief of defense force angus campbell has apologized sincerely on behalf of those who did wrong here nonlocal, it's going to be a long time before any of these. if indeed they do get to court. and in fact, a prosecution. afghan family is going to be waiting for a while before they get any closure from this. right. that's exactly right. afghan families have welcomed this inquiry and they've just been wanting to know what happened to their loved ones. and interesting part here is that the australian defense force has said that it needs to take responsibility and accountability even before this reaches the court system. so the inquiry has recommended that a compensation scheme be set up for families of victims in afghanistan because it's the right thing to do. and if we look at other cases, the u.k. has held similar inquiries and to use in millions of dollars spent there has been no prosecutions. the international criminal court has also been looking at allegations of war crimes in afghanistan by the taliban. the afghan mili

angus campbell has said that he wants any of these crimes to be dealt with domestically in oh, let's now speak to elaine. and she is a straight, a director at human rights watch, and she joins us now from sydney and plenty to discuss here. i want to start with one of the things that the defense chief said today that when killings of the he said battle, these were intentional killings which then opens them up to criminal prosecution. is that enough? how do you address the culture that allowed this to happen? well that's right, so you know, the fact that these were deliberate, cold blooded killings, they were murder. and so you know, rightly i think this really needs to be criminal prosecutions of the individuals. and we know that it's not just a few rogue activists. we know that 25 have betrayed is, have been identified in the course of this report. so i think it is really important that those individual cases look out and that's, we've independent prosecutions all over. but obviously this is also a broader issue of the culture of the special forces. and so i think that's why the gove

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angus campbell has said that he wants any of these crimes to be dealt with domestically in ireland, pearson's this term, a director of human rights watch. and she says, some officials probably covered up the crimes and should also be held accountable. fact that these were deliberate, cold blooded killings they were made out. and so you know, rightly i think there really needs to be criminal prosecutions of the individuals. and we know that it's not just a few rogue activists. we know that 25 perpetrators have been identified in the course of this report. so i think it is really important that those individual cases are held to account and that swift independent prosecutions followed. but obviously this is also a broader issue of the culture of the special forces. and so i think that's why the government has announced that they've set up this independent panel to really look at how to address the systemic cultural issues that allowed this environment where these killings were really normal lives. and in some cases, encouraged the office of the special investigator really needs to investigate t

angus campbell has said that he wants any of these crimes to be dealt with domestically in the modified his direction of the afghanistan human rights and democracy organization. he says families of the victims need support and the process must be transparent for all it is a very good good report. establishing a number of important incidents, identifying the type of war crimes allegedly committed met us of killing and torture. used and provide in significant detail about come on dispensed responsibilities across what were our u.s. military units and defining the applicant, a legal framework. and bringing that also examples of prosecution of war crimes from other countries, including history of war crimes, committed by australian military and become handing witness and welfare support program. what is actually that? that report is badly missing. 8, a commendation of support to victims and, and families of the victims in afghanistan, it is profoundly shocking and as shocking for all of us in afghanistan in particularly shocking and traumatizing for the families of the victims. and we know

this four-year inquiry came up with credible information as chief of australian defense force angus campbellt it t 25 australian special forces predominantly believed to be from the elite special air service regiment are responsible for the unlawful killings of some 39 people all described as civilians. take a listen to what further general campbell had to say. >> those alleged to have been unlawfully killed were all people under control, in lay terms, prisoners, farmers, or other civilians. this shameful record includes alleged instances in which new patrol members were coerced to shoot a prisoner in order to achieve that soldier's first kill. in an appalling practice known as blooding. further to this, throw down weapons and radios were also reportedly planted to support claims that people killed were enemy killed in action. >> the defense chief says he is accepting all of the inquiries 143 recommendations which, for example, call on some 36 matters being handed over to the australian federal police for criminal investigation, for reform of this elite sas regiment, and for ordering the rev

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general angus campbell used words like toxic, appalling and shameful when describing the actions of memberstions occurred, but it was also the culture of impunity in which they happened. these findings allege the most serious breaches of military conduct and professional values. the killing, the unlawful killing, of civilians and prisoners is never acceptable. none of the alleged unlawful killings were described as being in the heat of battle. none were alleged to have occurred in circumstances in which the intent of the perpetrator was unclear, confused or mistaken. 0ne picture stood out in general campbell‘s address. the moment he described the coercion of some junior soldiers to allegedly shoot unarmed civilians to get their first kill in a practice known as blooding. there are also allegations that radios and weapons were planted to substantiate claims that the victims were enemies killed in action. general campbell said that a badly needed cultural change was under way. he also addressed the afghan people. to the people of afghanistan, on behalf of the australian defence force, i since