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![Australian General Says US Warned War Crime Allegations Could Prevent Work With Australia’s SAS Australian General Says US Warned War Crime Allegations Could Prevent Work With Australia’s SAS](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-australia-1157502_1280.jpg)
Australian General Says US Warned War Crime Allegations Could Prevent Work With Australia’s SAS
By Rod McGuirk
The warning came in the form of a letter from a defense attache “indicating that the release of the Brereton report and its findings may initiate Leahy Law considerations.”
![Australia Avoids Reckoning With Afghanistan War Crimes Allegations Australia Avoids Reckoning With Afghanistan War Crimes Allegations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-30-9.jpg)
Australia Avoids Reckoning With Afghanistan War Crimes Allegations
By Joshua Mcdonald
More cases of alleged unlawful killings and abuse by Australian special forces in Afghanistan arise.
![Australia Livid as Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tweets Offensive Image Australia Livid as Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tweets Offensive Image](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-30-4.jpg)
Australia Livid as Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tweets Offensive Image
By Abhijnan Rej
Zhao Lijian’s tweet is likely to seriously aggravate tensions between the two countries.
![Report Finds Australian Troops Unlawfully Killed 39 Afghans Report Finds Australian Troops Unlawfully Killed 39 Afghans](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-19.jpg)
Report Finds Australian Troops Unlawfully Killed 39 Afghans
By Associated Press
The alleged killings were driven by "a self-centered, warrior culture" within Australia's elite Special Air Service.
![Rights Groups Urge Australia to Release Inquiry Into War Crimes in Afghanistan Rights Groups Urge Australia to Release Inquiry Into War Crimes in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-30-9.jpg)
Rights Groups Urge Australia to Release Inquiry Into War Crimes in Afghanistan
By Joshua Mcdonald
The inquiry comes amid a volley of investigations by Australian media outlets into the alleged war crimes and the “culture of impunity” that enables such violations.
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