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[Link] SAS soldier denies colluding with Ben Roberts-Smith on evidence, defamation trial hears
Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com
A serving SAS soldier has denied in court that emails between him and Ben Roberts-Smith – including marked-up pictures of a compound in Afghanistan – demonstrated they had colluded on their evidence about a mission, during which the newspaper defendants allege two civilians were murdered.
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[Link] Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’
Read: 2/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
A former SAS soldier who testified that Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to stage a mock execution of a comrade during a training drill has defended himself in court against accusations he was a liar and fantasist who was trying to justify his own failures as a soldier.
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[Link] 'Rumours expanded tenfold': Defamation trial hears a surprising comparison of elite SAS unit
Read: 13/3/2022 www.abc.net.au
But what they share, according to evidence heard in a Sydney court this week, is a propensity for rumours. The surprising analogy was drawn by a Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) witness at the defamation trial of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith against three newspapers.
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[Link] Bellingcat's Eliot Higgins Explains Why Ukraine Is Winning the Information War
Read: 9/3/2022 time.com
The ability of anyone with a phone or laptop to see Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfold in almost real time—and to believe what they’re seeing—comes to us thanks to the citizens operating what’s known as open-source intelligence (OSINT).
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[Link] 'America's Army,' the Pentagon’s Video Game, Shuts Down After 20 Years
Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com
America’s Army: Proving Grounds, a game used as a recruitment tool by the United States government, is shutting down its servers on March 5, 2022 after existing in various iterations for 20 years. After that date, the game will be delisted on Steam and removed from the PSN store.
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[Link] Closer ties with Indonesia army the focus of joint military training in Top End
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Battling heatwave conditions and pandemic precautions, about 300 Australian and Indonesian soldiers are conducting their largest ever annual joint combat training across defence bases in the Top End.
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[Link] Bullying claims at army’s Sydney University regiment referred to defence force inspector general
Read: 6/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Allegations of bullying and harassment at the Australian army’s Sydney University regiment have been referred to the inspector general of the defence force for potential investigation.
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[Link] Nearly 1 In 5 Defendants In Capitol Riot Cases Served In The Military
Read: 23/1/2021 www.npr.org
As a violent mob descended on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, lawmakers and aides hid wherever they could, waiting for the military and police to arrive. But many of those who stormed the Capitol were military veterans themselves, who had once sworn to protect the Constitution.