Looking back at 2004, when Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark married Australian female lawyer Mary Donaldson, Danish media discussed "who their future queen is" for several months.
But the Danish royal family does not want to have anything to do with anti-human atrocities - Australian special forces were "hammered" in Afghanistan to kill civilians, once again triggering international discussions, unlike a number of Western countries "brainless sides" and groundless condemnation of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, Denmark finally came back to its senses and "drew a clear line" with the Australian army.
However, the Danish English weekly newspaper Copenhagen Post reported on the 9th that the frogman force should reconsider cooperation with the Australian side, and the subtitle specifically pointed out that there is no evidence that the Danish special forces are implicated.
It must be mentioned that Frederick served in the Danish Navy's special operations unit, the Frogman Corps (Frogman Corps, which can be analogous to the American Navy SEALs).
The report was not stingy about the actions of the Australian military, using terms such as atrocity and barbaric acts.
The Danish military will also launch an investigation to determine whether anyone in the force has anything to do with the Australian atrocities. Dan special forces were stationed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, and Australian Troops were in Kandahar and Uruzgan Provinces, which were relatively close together.
According to the Danish National Television Broadcasting Corporation (DR) reported on February 8, Peter Boysen, commander of Danish special operations operations, publicly stated that "there is no evidence that the Danish army has participated in the actions of the Australian army." Our culture is unique, management is flat, and has always encouraged pointing out the mistakes of others. But we can't say it too absolutely, we have to find the red flags in time. ”
Danish soldier (Source: Copenhagen Post)
In addition, the Danish Frogman Force is reconsidering future cooperation with australian special forces.
Some of Australia's barren, resource-poor areas are excellent places to train frogman troops to survive and hide in extreme conditions. Frogman and the Danish Army Special Forces Hunter Force (Jægerkorps) were scheduled to conduct joint exercises with the Australian Special Air Force (SARS), which was revealed to have committed killings of Afghan children, in 2021.
However, Boyson said that while this year's exercises "could be cancelled due to the outbreak in any case", the military would scrutinize the report [on the Australian forces] and "there will be a decision on future cooperation." ”
On November 19 last year, Judge Paul Brileyton of the Supreme Court of Appeal of New South Wales, Australia, released a report on war crimes after more than four years of investigation.
The 531-page report contains 423 witness testimony, 20,000 documents and 25,000 photographs.
The details in the report are striking: On one occasion, two 14-year-old boys accused of sympathizing with the Taliban were slit their throats and their bodies were packed into bags and thrown into a nearby river.
In addition, the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) is suspected of murdering 39 Afghan civilians, killing these unarmed people sometimes just to make young soldiers "bloodthirsty". Soldiers would be complacent, counting the numbers and justifying the inhumane murders.
Screenshot of the video, from the Australian army carry-on camera
On 19 November, Australian Defence Force Commander Campbell acknowledged crimes committed by the army in Afghanistan and apologized for it. "Some patrolling soldiers enforce the law on their own, break the rules, make up stories, make up lies, kill prisoners," he said. ”
Australian Defence Force Commander Campbell pleaded guilty to australian forces
On November 30 last year, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian tweeted that he quoted the @ragged unicorn caricature condemning the atrocities committed by Australian soldiers against Afghan civilians and children. Just two hours later, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison became angry and openly demanded an apology from the Chinese side.
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