Nkhani za Consortium, November 28, 2020
Mtolankhani waku Australia Broadcasting Corporation 'Makona Anai' a Peter Cronau ndi (ret.) US Col. Ann Wright akukambirana za Brereton Report yomwe yatulutsidwa posachedwa pamilandu yankhondo ku Afghanistan ndi Special Forces aku Australia komanso mbiri yayitali yosalangidwa ya U, S. milandu yankhondo.
Wright, yemwe adathandizira kutsegulanso ofesi ya kazembe ku US ku Afghanistan mu 2001 ngati kazembe waku US, amalankhula za milandu yosaneneka yaku America mdziko muno komanso kwina kulikonse komanso chifukwa chake adzapitilira mpaka chinthu chimodzi chichitike.
Ripoti laku Australia likutsimikizira zavumbulutsidwa ndi mtolankhani wa ABC a Dan Oakes ndi Sam Clark mu 2017 'The Afghan Files', atamuwombera mluzu David McBride atapereka masamba pafupifupi 1000 azinthu zodziwika bwino zofotokoza zochitikazo. Pafupifupi zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake, wofalitsa nkhani mdzikolo adagwidwa ndi apolisi aku Australia ndipo Oakes ndi McBride adaweruzidwa.
Patatsala mwezi umodzi kuti lipoti la Brereton liperekedwe, apolisi adaganiza zosiya milandu yomwe mtolankhaniyu anali atayimba, atawona kuti a Department of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) alibe chidwi ndi anthu. Kuimbidwa mlandu kwa McBride kukupitilizabe.
Gulu lofufuzira la ABC ku Four Corners, lotsogozedwa ndi a Mark Willacy, lidapitilizabe kugwira ntchitoyo, ndipo izi zidapangitsa kuti woponya mluzu wachiwiri wankhondo, a Braden Chapman, ofisala wa Signals Intelligence yemwe adawona milandu yambiri yankhondo ku pafupi. Zotsatira zake zidakhala zolembedwa zamphindi 44 zotchedwa 'Killing Field', yomwe idawululidwa mu Marichi 2020. Willacy wangopatsidwa kumene Gold Walkley, wofanana ndi Pulitzer waku Australia, chifukwa cholemba.
