UK Defense Ministry promises investigation into SAS killing claims
According to BBC News, the UK Defense Ministry has pledged to undertake an impartial investigation into how it handled allegations that the country's elite Special Air Service murdered unarmed civilians during the war in Afghanistan . Court documents in a complaint launched against Defense Minister Ben Wallace imply that the ministry's initial inquiry, conducted by the Royal Military Police, had serious problems. The RMP looked into claims that 54 Afghans were wrongfully executed by a single SAS unit between 2010 and 2011. Documents, however, reveal that Brig. David Neal, the senior officer in charge of the RMP investigation, was believed to have tried to stifle inquiries. According to reports, Neal was a "close friend" of the SAS officer in charge of the subject unit. The RMP official allegedly stopped eight separate investigations into possible wrongful executions. According to court records, Neal's deputy alleged that he was put unde...