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Famed Australian soldier to appeal war crimes defamation case

Famed Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing a court ruling implicating him in the murder of four unarmed Afghan prisoners. – Wikipedia pic, July 11, 2023.

A FAMED Australian soldier today filed a notice to appeal against a landmark court ruling that implicated him in a string of war crimes while serving in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith, a former member of Australia’s elite Special Air Service regiment, sued three Australian newspapers over stories printed in 2018 that alleged he orchestrated the killings of unarmed Afghan prisoners.

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