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I Witnessed US War Crimes in Afghanistan

As Kabul fell to the Taliban, so did Bagram prison. As a former prisoner of this place, it’s hard to describe the emotions I felt at hearing this news. The Times  describes  Bagram as “the scene of some of the darkest episodes of the US-led occupation”. But to me, it’s the scene of countless unresolved war crimes, and I’m an eyewitness. It is regarding those crimes that I gave  testimony  to the International Criminal Court, and for which the US government threatened to prosecute its members. Former Bagram and Guantanamo prisoner Moazzam Begg on what he saw Related Australian elite troops killed Afghan civilians [for practice]
The Cabinet Office secretary, David Lidington,  speaking  on behalf of now ex-prime minister Theresa May, recently told parliament that “there is no legal obligation” on the government to establish an inquiry to assess the extent of Britain’s complicity in war crimes, including abduction (“rendition”), false imprisonment and torture.  Why is Sajid Javid so rattled by Cage?