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Aren't ear protection more like ear plugs?
No, there are electronic ones as well. They filter out loud noises like explosions, bullets etc., but also relay ambient noise to your ear. I.e. you can hear your teammates. Works on AAA batteries.
 

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A very important report into war crimes allegations against Australian SAS in Afghanistan likely to be released in Australia later this week.

Four year investigation into some serious claims. It is alleged in some parts of the media that one of the accused is a recent Victoria Cross recipient. He in turn is suing one of the newspapers for defamation.




The disclosures from the special forces soldiers came slowly at first. Some spoke of killing as a "sport". Others of shame suffered in silence.

As word spread among the secretive community of soldiers and spies who had served for Australia in Afghanistan, information arrived with more urgency. Some men spoke matter-of-factly; others broke down. One thread bound many of them. It was their belief that small cliques of their fellow special forces soldiers had turned bad with impunity.

“One of the most disturbing things for me was people saying the phrase ‘it happened all the time',” says Dr Samantha Crompvoets of the information special forces insiders and whistleblowers disclosed to her about summary executions of unarmed Afghans, including prisoners and civilians.
On Thursday, Lieutenant General Campbell will tell the nation of the scale of alleged war crimes committed by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016. He is releasing the summary of the final report of the Brereton inquiry, the inspector general's exhaustive and forensic probe triggered by Dr Crompvoets’ earlier work.

The Brereton inquiry has interviewed more than 350 witnesses on oath and has reviewed thousands of classified files. Witnesses have given detailed statements and some suspects have confessed.

The report is expected to detail “bloodings”, in which junior soldiers were encouraged to execute prisoners and civilians. The12 cases reported previously by The Age involve Afghans murdered while defenceless and unarmed. Some had their hands bound.
 

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A very important report into war crimes allegations against Australian SAS in Afghanistan likely to be released in Australia later this week.

Four year investigation into some serious claims. It is alleged in some parts of the media that one of the accused is a recent Victoria Cross recipient. He in turn is suing one of the newspapers for defamation.
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There are more pics of them waving/posing with confederate flag too...

It's not the first time, few days back there was a report of Australians troop killing a POW because they didn't have enough space in the helicopter for more members, there are images of Australian troops waving Nazi flags, using nazi flags on the ICVs etc. Though reading those sounded like few lone accidents but this report is raising some serious concerns about the professionalism of the troops.
Interestingly at the same times there are huge number of reports about British intelligence violating human rights, reports about them continuing to do so with immunity, was all over reddit.
 

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