How special forces chief 'blew the whistle on SAS war crimes in Afghanistan': ... trends now
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A high-ranking officer in the British special forces told police the SAS were committing war crimes by murdering prisoners in Afghanistan, it emerged today.
Known only as N1466 the officer risked the safety of his family when he claimed 'cancer had infected' a particular unit of the SAS.
Between 2009 and 2013 he was responsible for all SAS overseas operations- meaning he focused on British military activity in Afghanistan.
According to a Sunday Times investigation the officer tipped police off about a safe which held a dossier of evidence from a SAS soldier detailing allegations of murder.
The officer's actions caused a massive inquiry with 6,000 classified documents being disclosed by the Ministry of Defence.
A high-ranking officer in the British special forces told police the SAS were committing war crimes by murdering prisoners in Afghanistan , it emerged today (stock image)
Within the files are witness accounts from serving soldiers, emails to Number 10 warning of the crisis, as well as diares of police investigators.
Foreign Secretary David Cameron was the Prime Minister in the years the allegations relate to.
Detectives from the Royal Military Police- which investigates allegations of wrongdoing within the Forces- kept diaries alleging a covering up operation.
Within their notes investigators said weapons were allegedly planted on the bodies of the deceased and a raft of top-secret computer files relating to the SAS were deleted.
Johnny Mercer, Conservative MP and then a Defence Minister, wrote in emails that he believed the SAS was guilty of wronging during the war.
But a civil servant toned down Mr Mercer's email arguing 'bland is best'.
