SAS veterans are being hounded with the threat of prosecution decades after their service thanks to a shameful betrayal by Labour.
The Mail today launches a major campaign with ex-Special Forces commanders and senior MPs to protect the soldiers who bravely defended this country.
We are demanding that ministers U-turn on their bid to repeal the Tories’ Legacy Act, which shielded Northern Ireland veterans from historical ‘witch hunts’, or else produce a proper alternative.
It comes as former SAS soldiers face possible murder charges after a judge in Northern Ireland ruled that the shooting of four IRA terrorists in 1992 was not justified. Those behind the campaign have warned of a dire threat to national security if this process is permitted to continue.
One ex-SAS commanding officer said ministers had to wake up to the need to protect serving and retired personnel from ‘this creeping lawfare’ or it would prove ‘calamitous’ by hobbling operations and hitting recruitment.
