{"id":140878,"date":"2025-01-30T10:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/?p=140878"},"modified":"2025-04-17T19:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:14:35","slug":"australia-war-crimes-afghanistan-i-am-one-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/140878-australia-war-crimes-afghanistan-i-am-one-of-them.html","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s war crimes in Afghanistan: \u201cI am one of them\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/141593426?cache=1738229425#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Australia_Jeff-Sengelman-army-officer_@Australian-Department-of-Defence.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Australia_Jeff-Sengelman-army-officer_@Australian-Department-of-Defence.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Australia_Jeff-Sengelman-army-officer_@Australian-Department-of-Defence-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to stop relearning the same lessons every time we deploy people into combat operations. 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Photo: \u00a9 Australian Department of Defence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was really ugly, and it continues to be hurtful, but we called ourselves out,\u201d Major General Jeff Sengelman says.\u00a0Today, we broadcast an exclusive interview with the man\u00a0who\u00a0played a\u00a0key role in creating\u00a0\u201cthe command climate\u201d,\u00a0as he says,\u00a0for the opening of investigations into war crimes\u00a0against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/46387-australia-launches-unprecedented-war-crimes-probe.html\">Australian Special Forces\u00a0in Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0\u201cBrereton Inquiry\u201d\u00a0\u2013 named\u00a0after Judge\u00a0Paul Brereton\u00a0who headed it -\u00a0began in 2016.\u00a0But the name\u00a0and the role\u00a0of\u00a0Sengelman,\u00a0who\u00a0was\u00a0the\u00a0head of the Special Forces\u00a0units\u00a0of the Australian army\u00a0in Afghanistan from 2014\u20132017, deserves to be known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this podcast by our partner,\u00a0Asymmetrical Haircuts,\u00a0the Australian\u00a0General\u00a0shares his\u00a0unvarnished\u00a0reflections as a stakeholder\u00a0on accountability\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0conflict.\u00a0\u201cIt wears on me personally, and it\u2019s probably the major reason I\u2019m talking to you today,\u201d\u00a0Sengelman\u00a0admits in\u00a0what is his\u00a0first interview since he has retired.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"articleLink articleLink--editorRecommanded articleLink--textInImage articleLink--textTop\" style=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"articleLinkSurTitle\">Recommended reading<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"articleLinkImageLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/46387-australia-launches-unprecedented-war-crimes-probe.html\"><div class=\"articleLinkImageContainer \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2ae7e77c62d55c312cee4c37011964dc-540x360.jpg\" class=\"articleLinkImage backgroundImageTag w-100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2ae7e77c62d55c312cee4c37011964dc-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2ae7e77c62d55c312cee4c37011964dc-730x485.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2ae7e77c62d55c312cee4c37011964dc-1110x738.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2ae7e77c62d55c312cee4c37011964dc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/46387-australia-launches-unprecedented-war-crimes-probe.html\" class=\"articleLinkTitle articleLinkTitle--default\">\r\n\t\t\tAustralia launches unprecedented war crimes probe\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-encadre\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pull-left\" title=\"Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast\" src=\"media\/Asymmetrical-Haircuts-podcast_logo.png\" alt=\"Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\">ASYMMETRICAL HAIRCUTS<br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This podcast has been published as part of a partnership between Justice Info and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Asymmetrical Haircuts<\/a>, a podcast on international justice produced from The Hague by journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who retain full control and independence over the contents of the podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt was really ugly, and it continues to be hurtful, but we called ourselves out,\u201d Major General Jeff Sengelman says.\u00a0Today, we broadcast an exclusive interview with the man\u00a0who\u00a0played a\u00a0key role in creating\u00a0\u201cthe command climate\u201d,\u00a0as he says,\u00a0for the opening of investigations into war crimes\u00a0against\u00a0Australian Special Forces\u00a0in Afghanistan. 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