{"id":406479,"date":"2026-04-19T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406479\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:30:09","slug":"decorated-australian-soldier-charged-with-war-crimes-vows-to-clear-his-name-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406479\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorated Australian soldier charged with war crimes vows to clear his name &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPRE5yemR3ajZzMllJNUNqeDN4aUJ1ZkVzcE1oLVJCbXh6RFJmMVdYQ0lQdzktSUpBNHN6elJ6R3d6ZjF6YWVNYi1EVUxvemo3WkdYNGlSVDNiTXBBdlYyQWVLa3hkaVFJYmpFd0JVRHFKVzdsM0RvWjVUTXMxZzU3ZHJtZ05GT0R3bUtUdU1R?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Decorated Australian soldier charged with war crimes vows to clear his name<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1VYWFhWlpOWFNJajZZSDM2UmIxSmZLZDJQd1o1bXRuYkhJSE1LSEdHaWpkbTlIemFRbmZiV2pvUDE1eTEzSGZGNTJSNjBXQmd1Y0M4RGpfUVQtUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia&#8217;s most-decorated soldier vows to fight war crime charges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxQQTJkaENnUXFLVjhuMWRJbHlKV1pZV3RJdlpqdE44R3RtdVV2MHdESWNRZXpBN3F0SVBlcXhnTUtodVVBV2dUSEkyMWx6VlE2VDRVWWRkRzVQOE9sTXZVc19EZnhaUzJVVVB3MThIUXlSUWdZVjdlOWUybEtBcTdEaUtseThrdWVjSmlHRDd6alQ1cWpRUWF4XzhfUDl4N0Q1ajJNQ1VweHV4OW1HUkVZd3hOM2lZaWV2M0p6LTZJQUpwcWJ0WHpPM2xlTlZiSnVxS1c1ZkhR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I will never give up\u2019: Ben Roberts-Smith denies war crime allegations in first public statement since his arrest<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNaFlXQUJKUllSUTFGdWNIVC1QLWhOWUFqakMyQVFYWUxadk5KSmI5eGdyMTQwUGNneTYtTzlGeUZIbENIenBGMXZaZ1JvOTNjLXR4R3FmWTlfS2JRTnBFcndGdDBNdFMzWGt6dDc1RlpZY3B5eTl2dFN6dlNzOHZqYXhSOWViMWZfTHVZNXdBRExKaDFLZjZPc05pdTRyVXprSUtqdGJvR2gwZ29xeEJnYkJn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia&#8217;s most decorated soldier, denies Afghan war crimes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxNNGZaTmtXWmtJbE1tQjBQUEpXTXNQaFZGSU44UnhBU2Z1Q0JPZnU4X2tjOEF3QnhiX014NWNUd1FzVE94MXZqSnZNZGtVU3dFcWFQNTFoYmpEMHNpRVNTQmpYRnEzSi1odExDbjUwRFRJMmZlWmdsXzE5b0ZIeXlybVVMWF91TzVubmNDWUh0YXNHckdxbzh6VVlaSy1zeFBuVHhsajQxR2dyeWlxWDY3bzYya3lkU2QxZDZqYTJJVTVfRmxmbnJ5ejgxb2Qwdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Australian soldier speaks out against allegations of Afghan war crimes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Decorated Australian soldier charged with war crimes vows to clear his name&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalAustralia&#8217;s most-decorated soldier vows to fight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12686,178834,986,178835,178836,42,43,40,38,41,39,178837],"class_list":{"0":"post-406479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-afghanistan","9":"tag-afghanistan-war","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-soldier","12":"tag-ben-roberts-smith","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-top-news","16":"tag-top-stories","17":"tag-topnews","18":"tag-topstories","19":"tag-war-crimes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}