April 10, 2026

CBMK0048 My Comments on Ben Robert Smith SAS Soldier #doublestandards

5 minutes

My commentary throughout these clips. SAS Soldier Crimes in Afghanistan.

🪖 How many SAS soldiers spoke out?
•At least 20+ SAS soldiers were involved in giving evidence or coming forward
•Specifically:
◦21 current/former soldiers were set to testify in court
◦Dozens overall gave evidence across inquiries and the defamation trial
◦32 soldiers were actually called as witnesses in the civil case
👉 Many were anonymised as:
•“Person 1”
•“Person 4”
•“Person 7”
•etc.

💣 What they said (key allegations)
1) Prisoner kicked off a cliff (Darwan, 2012)
•A soldier (Person 4) said he saw Roberts-Smith kick a bound Afghan off a cliff
•The man was still alive → then allegedly ordered to be shot

2) Execution of detainees
•Witnesses said unarmed, detained Afghans were killed during raids
•Example:
◦A disabled man with a prosthetic leg allegedly machine-gunned while detained

3) “Blooding” – ordering junior soldiers to kill
•Multiple soldiers testified that:
◦Junior troops were allegedly told to execute prisoners as initiation (“blooding”)

4) Killing of a teenage prisoner
•One SAS witness said Roberts-Smith:
◦Shot an unarmed teenage detainee
◦Later bragged about it

5) Internal reporting & whistleblowing
•Some soldiers:
◦Raised concerns internally as early as 2013
◦Later went public or testified despite risks

6) Intimidation and threats
•Witnesses also said:
◦He threatened fellow soldiers
◦Created a culture of fear that stopped people speaking earlier

⚖️ What courts have said so far
•In 2023 civil court:
◦A judge found (on balance of probabilities) he was involved in multiple murders
•In 2026:
◦He’s now criminally charged with 5 counts of war crime murder
👉 Important:
•He denies all allegations
•Criminal case still not decided yet

🎯 Bottom line
•This wasn’t one or two people➡️ It was a large group of SAS soldiers, many eyewitnesses
•The allegations include:
◦Killing detainees
◦Ordering executions
◦“Blooding” practices
•Some soldiers risked careers and legal trouble to speak out