{"id":8452,"date":"2020-11-25T14:42:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=6730"},"modified":"2020-11-25T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:42:14","slug":"military-whistleblower-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/military-whistleblower-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Whistleblower Exposes Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Military Whistleblower Exposes Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this video, we speak with former Australian Defense Force (AFD) lawyer David McBride. After serving in the AFD for several years, McBride blew the whistle on war crimes taking place in Afghanistan. After exhausting all options, McBride leaked classified material to the ABC. ABC journalists wrote a story called The Afghan Leaks about the material provided. Additionally, McBride speaks about the recently released Brereton Report which sheds further light on war crimes in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO:\u00a0Military Whistleblower Exposes Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Military Whistleblower Exposes Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OxJ9eVF-c2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos on this topic or with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT DAVID McBRIDE<\/h2>\n<p><span><strong>David McBride<\/strong>\u00a0is a former Australian Defence Force lawyer turned whistleblower. McBride exposed war crimes and evidence of serious systemic issues within the Australian military. After exhausting all other options, McBride leaked classified material to the ABC to improve Australia\u2019s conduct overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, we speak with former Australian Defense Force (AFD) lawyer David McBride. 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