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“Cover-Up Culture” — How UK Military Police Mishandled Cases Of Child Abuse By Soldiers

LONDON — The Ministry of Defence has spent more than £8m ($10.7m) compensating survivors of historic child sex abuse committed by military personnel or on military bases since 2017, openDemocracy ...

Ex-officer tells inquiry UK military committed war crimes in Afghanistan

A former senior British officer has told a public inquiry that British special forces in Afghanistan appeared to commit war ...
The Washington Post

Six British Soldiers Killed in Iraqi Town

BAGHDAD, June 24 -- Six British military police were killed in a town in southern Iraq, British officials said today, in the deadliest incident for foreign forces in the country since the fall of ...
Southeast Missourian

British forces hunt killers of troops in southern Iraq

MAJAR AL-KABIR, Iraq -- British forces hunted on Wednesday for Iraqis who killed six of their colleagues during a shooting rampage in which gunmen overwhelmed a group of badly outnumbered military ...
Jurist

UK court rules British military ‘not justified’ in 1992 IRA killings

The Coroner’s Court in Northern Ireland ruled on Thursday that the use of lethal force by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in 1992 was “not justified.” The incident resulted in the killing of ...
Reuters

Britain arrests seven soldiers in Afghan murder probe

LONDON (Reuters) - British military police have arrested seven soldiers on suspicion of murder, the defence ministry said on Thursday, following what it said was an "engagement" with an insurgent ...