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I heard a feature on BBC World Service Radio early this morning.
Military personnel must be legally accountable for their actions but this story perplexes me.
Australian Defence Force chief Gen Angus Campbell issued a fulsome apology for the “alleged” crimes.
The BBC reports:
“The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission welcomed the report but noted it had not established enough evidence to ensure criminal prosecution.”
Although a four-year ADF investigation has apparently justified Gen Campbell’s statement nobody has yet been charged and the prospect of a conviction for a crime—military, civilian or international—appears uncertain just now.
Perhaps I’m missing something here (it frequently happens) but surely an apology might be justified after the formal judicial process was concluded?
As it stands the ADF headshed appears to have already decided upon the blokes' guilt and thrown them under the bus before due legal process has taken its course.

Australian 'war crimes': Elite troops killed Afghan civilians, report finds
A misconduct inquiry uncovers a "shameful record" of a "warrior culture" among some soldiers.
www.bbc.co.uk
Military personnel must be legally accountable for their actions but this story perplexes me.
Australian Defence Force chief Gen Angus Campbell issued a fulsome apology for the “alleged” crimes.
The BBC reports:
“The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission welcomed the report but noted it had not established enough evidence to ensure criminal prosecution.”
Although a four-year ADF investigation has apparently justified Gen Campbell’s statement nobody has yet been charged and the prospect of a conviction for a crime—military, civilian or international—appears uncertain just now.
Perhaps I’m missing something here (it frequently happens) but surely an apology might be justified after the formal judicial process was concluded?
As it stands the ADF headshed appears to have already decided upon the blokes' guilt and thrown them under the bus before due legal process has taken its course.