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Former veterans minister and ex-officer Johnny Mercer is facing potential imprisonment for refusing to disclose names of soldiers who allegedly told him about unlawful killings and cover-ups by UK special forces during the Afghanistan War, The Afghanistan Inquiry has said. In a ruling released on Thursday, Judge Haddon-Cave, Chair of the Inquiry notes in his [...]