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Photo of the Day 29th June 2025.

EC-MLC, Canadair CRJ-1000, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, but operated by Spain's Air Nostrum, lining up on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 5th July 2025, as seen from one of the South Side mounds.

3 photos behind the link.
mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Left #SouthSide #Canadair #CRJ1000 #SAS #ScandinavianAirlines #AirNostrum
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Thousands of applications from individuals with credible evidence of service with Afghan Special Forces, including the units known as the Triples, were rejected, leaving many of the former commandos at the mercy of the Taliban.

This came at the same time when a judge-led public inquiry in the #UK had begun investigating the #SAS for alleged #WarCrimes in operations on which the #Triples were present.

#Afghanistan #WitnessTampering #WitnessSuppression

bbc.com/news/articles/cp3q5xl9

www.bbc.comTop UK Special Forces general oversaw blocking of Afghan 'war-crime' witnesses to BritainGen Sir Gwyn Jenkins oversaw a process where Afghan special forces were prevented from settling in the UK.

And we wonder why we never got the 'hearts and minds' in Afghanistan? How prevalent was this in *all* western forces?

"The Afghan president was "so consistent with his complaints about night raids, civilian casualties and detentions that there was no senior Western diplomat or military leader who would have missed the fact that this was a major irritant for him," said Gen Douglas Lute, a former US ambassador to Nato.”
#Canada #UK #Afghanistan #SAS #SBS #CanPoli
bbc.com/news/articles/cj3j5gxg

www.bbc.com'Children handcuffed and shot' - ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claimsVeterans who served with the SAS and SBS give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged executions.

At 1:45pm #OnThisDay in 1980, three shots were heard from inside the Iranian Embassy. The hostage Abbas Lavasani had been murdered, but nobody outside the embassy knew that yet.

At 6:46pm Lavasani's body was dumped outside the embassy. Within an hour, the #SAS had assaulted the building, killing five terrorists. One hostage, Ali Akbar Samadzadeh, died during the attack. The siege was over.

russellphillips.uk/nimrod

#histodons #MilitaryHistory
@histodons @militaryhistory