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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: alleged Australian war crimes referred to ICC; desperate search for Titanic submersible; and a push to legalise cannabis

Long-range patrol vehicles drive in convoy across one of Afghanistan's desert regions.
Speaking the Senate, Senator Jacqui Lambie accused previous governments and Australian defence force leadership of throwing soldiers ‘under the bus’ and covering up what they knew of war crimes. Photograph: LS Paul Berry

Good afternoon. Allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan could be heard at the international criminal court, after independent senator Jacqui Lambie told the Senate she had asked it to investigate senior Australian defence force commanders.

In the Senate Lambie accused the current and previous governments, as well as the “highest levels of the ADF”, of covering up what military leadership knew of alleged war crimes, and throwing soldiers “under the bus”.

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