A senior British officer arrested in Afghanistan on charges of divulging state secrets for the transfer of data on civilian casualties. Command suspects that he told him famous career of his friend-employee of a human rights organization, reports Times Online.
British Ministry of Defense said that 48-year-old lieutenant MakNalli Owen (Owen McNally) actually had access to these data, and soon it will be delivered to the UK for investigation. The publication said that representatives of the American commanders were outraged by the transfer of sensitive information.
The human rights organization Human Rights Watch last year published the data, according to which the number of civilians killed by air strikes of U.S. and NATO in Afghanistan, nearly tripled from 2006 to 2007. Defenders argued that killed at least 1633 people.
If the fault Lieutenant confirmed, for the violation of the law on state secrets (The Official Secret Act) he faces up to 14 years in prison.
The Afghan government has repeatedly accused the international forces in the deaths of civilians, including children, during operations against militants and claimed the need to limit the authority of the international contingent in the country. To investigate the incidents that caused the greatest public interest, even the Commission.
The operation is the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, called the "Enduring Freedom", started in October 2001. After the defeat of the main forces of the Taliban in the country, under UN mandate, was to deploy an international force to maintain security (International Security Assistance Force), in which there is also a contingent of British troops.
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