Posts by nzlemming
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Legal Beagle: A war crimes inquiry; or…, in reply to william blake,
But it's been around since forever. Back before the internet had pictures, even
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Something that is really telling, from a meta-perspective, is the imagery that the Herald are using of Keating. It almost screams "do not trust this angry man!"
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Hard News: The long road to Hit and Run, in reply to simon g,
After reading that, I think some comms idiot gave Keating appalling advice. JS makes it clear that the two villages named in the book are part of the area that Keating names. Someone's in trouble at NZDF...
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After reading Jon Stephenson's rebuttal, I think some comms idiot gave Keating appalling advice. JS makes it clear that the two villages named in the book are part of the area that Keating names. Someone's in trouble at NZDF...
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Legal Beagle: A war crimes inquiry; or…, in reply to Alfie,
David Fisher says the NZDF has destroyed evidence critical of our involvement in Afghanistan to prevent the media getting hold of it.
IANAL but that might put them in breach of the Public Records Act 2005
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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/327488/afghan-raids-nzdf-rubbishes-claims-in-book-hit-and-run
Lieutenant General Tim Keating said New Zealand troops never operated in the two villages, Naik and Khak Khuday Dad, which are named in the book.
The statement said the authors appeared to have confused interviews, stories and anecdotes from locals with an operation conducted two kilometres to the south, known as Operation Burnham, which focussed on a town called Tirgiran.
It said the villages in the Hager and Stephenson book and the settlement which was the site of Operation Burnham were separated by a mountainous and difficult terrain.
"The ISAF investigation determined that a gun sight malfunction on a coalition helicopter resulted in several rounds falling short, missing the intended target and instead striking two buildings.
"This investigation concluded that this may have resulted in civilian causalities but no evidence of this was established," Lieutenant Keating said.
Also:
In the letter responding to the Human Rights Foundation's request, the Defence Force chief of staff Ross Smith also said NZDF did not have a copy of the official investigation by the Afghanistan Ministry of Defence and the International Security Assistance Force into the raids.
That is truly beyond belief.
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A group of KCs turned up
I'm guessing this means "King Cobras"? Not all of us live north of Bombay or are hip to your dialect, y'know.
But in respect of your lede, "Polynesia is to blame for violence but white people in the park are rowdy youth" is sadly nothing surprising.
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Up Front: For Your Own Safety, in reply to Bart Janssen,
But pissing on the seats
urinating is hard
"Nobody knew urinating could be so complicated" - Donald J. Drumpf
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Hard News: Friday Music: Welcome back…, in reply to Tim Michie,
I think I prefer Lorde's Green Light song more than the video. I can relate to it more.
Ditto. The song is good.
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I keep an eye on SXSW and I do wonder if it hasn't completely jumped its shark.