Ben Roberts-Smith launches media blitz, says he has no regrets about his military career
Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has launched a media campaign to deny allegations of war crimes, maintaining his innocence ahead of his criminal trial. This follows a 2023 civil court ruling that found he had committed multiple murders while serving in Afghanistan.
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The case is a high-profile legal and ethical matter involving the conduct of Australian special forces and the integrity of military justice.
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Share A A A Ben Roberts-Smith launched a multimedia blitz on Thursday to go with his new clothing label , denying five charges of the war crime of murder ahead of his criminal trial and insisting he would not change a thing from his military career.
In a chummy 2½-hour interview with Sydney radio jock Ben Fordham, and a simultaneous 6000-word news.com.au story billed “Exclusive”, Roberts-Smith denied murdering five Afghan detainees between 2009 and 2012. Each killing had been a legitimate engagement involving split-second decisions conducted in the fog of war, he claimed.
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