The crimes committed by Australian Special Forces soldiers in Afghanistan caused an uproar in the international public. In addition to deliberately killing 39 Afghan civilians, a photo of Australian soldiers drinking alcohol with the prostheses of Taliban soldiers was exposed by the Guardian. The photo of
shows a senior Australian soldier in service drinking with a prosthesis as a wine glass in a bar called "Fat Woman's Weapons". Earlier, media reported that Australian soldiers used prosthetic limbs as drinking tools. This picture has now become the most powerful evidence.
In another photo, two soldiers seemed to be holding prostheses and dancing happily. It is believed that the leg in the photo belonged to a Taliban fighter who was killed in the Kakarak district of Uruzgan Province in April 2009.
Some Australian soldiers said that the senior officers of the army can basically tolerate this behavior of soldiers, and some officers even participate in it and use prosthetics to drink alcohol for fun. Although the limbs in the hands of soldiers are likely to be spoils, in fact, the Australian army prohibits soldiers from taking spoils from the battlefield, let alone keeping them privately. After the incident was exposed, these Australian soldiers felt furious. They believe that military officers have long been aware of this bad culture and customs, but the Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force in the "Breton Report" regarded them as the main targets of criticism, which is unfair to them.
allegedly, soldiers brought the prosthesis back from the battlefield and kept it in the bar. Tourists sometimes use it for drinking. After
, the squadron took away the prosthetic leg. A veteran told the Guardian: "No matter where the'Fat Girl's Weapons' bar is opened, the soldiers will put the prosthetic leg there when the troops arrive, and Use it for drinking occasionally." The soldier
said that former senior commanders of the army would occasionally go to bars, and may have used it for drinking.
Former military lawyer Glenn Kolomeitz (Glenn Kolomeitz) stated that according to Article 268.81 of the Criminal Code of the Commonwealth, seizing property on the battlefield without the consent of the owner is a crime of war plunder and is punishable by 20 years. Imprisonment.
