...PROUDLY BRINGING YOU TONIGHT, 3D. KIA ORA, AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST IN OUR 10-PART SERIES '3D INVESTIGATES'. TONIGHT'S INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT A DEADLY FIREFIGHT IN WHICH TWO NZER SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND SIX OTHERS WOUNDED. PAULA PENFOLD AND PRODUCER EUGENE BINGHAM KNEW THERE WAS EXTENDED FOOTAGE OF THE SHOOTOUT. BUT IT'S TAKEN THEM MONTHS AND MONTHS TO FIND IT BECAUSE THE ARMY DID NOT WANT THIS RELEASED. BUT NOW YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG, HOW OUR SOLDIERS GOT CAUGHT IN A KILLING FIELD, AND WHY THE BATTLE OF BAGHAK SHOULD NEVER HAVE EVEN BEGUN. BODIES COMING HOME FROM A WAR WE WERE TOLD WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE A PART OF. LANCE CORPORALS PRALLI DURRER AND RORY MALONE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY; SHOT DEAD ON THE 4TH OF AUGUST 2012. A DISASTROUS DAY IN NZ'S DECADE-LONG MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN. HE CHOSE TO GO. IT WAS HIS CHOICE TO GO THERE. HE WANTED TO DO THAT, AND HE HONOURED THAT. PETE MALONE IS RORY'S BROTHER. < HOW DID YOU GET THE NEWS? I GOT THE NEWS EARLY ONE MORNING. SOME ARMY PERSONNEL CAME TO MY HOUSE AND KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I OPENED THE DOOR, AND... (COUGHS) < I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. ...AND THEY BROKE THE NEWS TO ME. THEY TOLD ME THAT RORY HAD BEEN KILLED IN ACTION. MY LIFE'S NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE. < I BET. DID YOU EVER ANTICIPATE, AND DID HE EVER ANTICIPATE, THAT ON THIS DEPLOYMENT HE WOULD BE INVOLVED IN COMBAT LIKE THAT? IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, I DON'T THINK THE INTENSITY OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE, I DON'T THINK ANYONE THERE WAS PREPARED FOR THAT. IT HAD STARTED OUT AS A NON-COMBAT MISSION. IN 2003, NZ DEPLOYED TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN AS PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED A 12-MONTH PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM. THIS IS NOT A COMBAT MISSION. THE SITUATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE COMBAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED, CERTAINLY IN THE BAMYAN PROVINCE. SO HEARTS AND MINDS SORT OF STUFF, PRETTY MUCH. WE'LL BE OVER THERE HELPING OUT, YOU KNOW. IF THERE'S A FAMILIAR TONE TO THOSE WORDS, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE RECENTLY HEARD MUCH THE SAME AGAIN FROM THE TOP AS OUR TROOPS DEPLOY TO IRAQ. IF THEY GO TO IRAQ, THEY'LL BE GOING IN THE CAPACITY OF TRAINING. SO THEY'LL ONLY BE BEHIND THE WIRE. IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING ON THE FRONT LINE IN TERMS OF COMBAT. BUT, REALISTICALLY, WILL IT STAY THAT WAY? ALREADY SOME ANALYSTS ARE SAYING IT'S A MYTH THAT OUR TROOPS WILL BE SAFE BEHIND THE WIRE. SO WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM WHAT WENT WRONG IN AFGHANISTAN. HOW DID OUR PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM END UP IN THE BIGGEST FIREFIGHT NZERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SINCE VIETNAM. GUNFIRE BOOM! AND NOW WE CAN SHOW YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME EXACTLY WHAT DID GO WRONG AND WHAT THE ARMY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SEE. WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS OF DEFENCE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, AND NOW FINALLY WE HAVE THE RAW FOOTAGE OF THE BATTLE OF BAGHAK. PREVIOUSLY, DEFENCE HAD RELEASED ONLY A THREE AND A HALF MINUTE, HIGHLY EDITED VERSION IN A BRILLIANT PR STRATEGY, WHICH SAW THE FOOTAGE BECOME THE HEADLINE. GOOD EVENING. IT'S AS DRAMATIC AS SOMETHING FROM A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE, BUT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU IS VERY REAL AND DEADLY. AND NOT THE FULL STORY. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IS THE MATERIAL WE NOW HAVE IS 25 MINUTES LONG. THAT'S 21 MINUTES LONGER THAN WHAT WAS PUBLICLY RELEASED. WOMAN: HEY, SOMEBODY'S FLASH UP THERE. WHERE'S THAT DUST COMING FROM? IF THEY'RE NOT FIRING ON ANYTHING, WHERE'S IT COMING FROM? I DUNNO. JUST KEEP IN COVER. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXACT SAME PART OF THE FOOTAGE IN THE CENSORED VERSION, THE VOICES OF THE SOLDIERS AND THE GUNSHOTS ARE REMOVED, AND IT NOW LOOKS LIKE NOTHING MUCH IS HAPPENING. THE EDITING OF THE VIDEO ELIMINATES AUDIO EVIDENCE OF THE SOLDIERS' CONFUSION; CONFUSION WHICH, AS YOU'LL SEE IN OUR INVESTIGATION, FORMS A MAJOR PART OF HOW THINGS WENT BADLY WRONG. BUT THE DEFENCE FORCE'S LACK OF DISCLOSURE DIDN'T STOP THERE. WHEN WE ASKED IF THE 25-MINUTE VIDEO WAS ALL THE AVAILABLE FOOTAGE, THEY TOLD US YES, IT WAS. BUT THAT WASN'T THE TRUTH AS WE DISCOVERED WHEN WE OBTAINED, FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, EVEN MORE FOOTAGE OF THE BATTLE ` A FURTHER 13 AND A HALF MINUTES. IF DEFENCE HAS IT, WHY DIDN'T THEY SAY SO? AND IF THEY DON'T, WHY NOT WHEN THERE WAS A FULL COURT OF INQUIRY? HOW THOROUGH COULD IT HAVE BEEN? FINALLY GETTING THE RAW, UNEDITED MATERIAL MEANT WE COULD THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE THE BATTLE OF BAGHAK. WHY DID THE KIWIS WAIT IN A VALLEY THAT'S A KNOWN AMBUSH SITE? WHY THEIR CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO GO ON THE ATTACK? WHY DID TWO NZ SOLDIERS DIE AND SIX MORE GET WOUNDED, INCLUDING TWO BY FRIENDLY FIRE IN A BATTLE THAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED TO US AS A TURKEY SHOOT. YOU KNOW THIS KIND OF TERRAIN VERY WELL. YES. THAT'S REALLY TOUGH TERRAIN TO BE DEALING WITH A SITUATION IN, ISN'T IT? I ACTUALLY KNOW THIS KILL GROUND, AND IT IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A BOTTLENECK SITUATION WHERE IT'S AN IDEAL AMBUSH SITE. JACK WALDRON IS EX-ARMY, HAVING SERVED 13 YEARS, AND HAS HAD SECURITY ROLES WITH THE AMERICAN MILITARY IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. WE'VE ASKED HIM TO REVIEW THE FOOTAGE FOR US. WHY HAS DEFENCE NEVER WANTED THIS FOOTAGE SHOWN? I BELIEVE THE FOOTAGE HASN'T BEEN SHOWN PRIOR TO TODAY BECAUSE IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO US. THAT BAD, PLAIN AND SIMPLE? > PLAIN AND SIMPLE. OUR PRIOR PREPARATION PLANNING DIDN'T OCCUR, AND IF I WAS A COMMANDER IN THE NZ DEFENCE FORCE, I WOULDN'T WANT THAT FOOTAGE SHOWN. (MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) WOMAN: THERE'S <BLEEP> SOMEONE SOMEWHERE. GUNFIRE THIS IS THE MOST REAL PICTURE YOU'VE EVER SEEN OF NZERS AT WAR. WOMAN: CAN YOU SEE...? I THINK IT'S IN D GROUND TO US. GUNFIRE MAN: NO, THE LAVS ARE FIRING UP. WOMAN: BUT HE'S NOT NEAR THEM, THOUGH, IS HE? YOU CAN TELL FROM THE VOICES OF THE SOLDIERS AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS CONFUSING. MAN: ARE YOU ABLE TO MAN THAT GUN? MAN: EH? ARE YOU ABLE TO MAN THAT GUN? SO TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND, IT HELPS TO KNOW HOW IT STARTED AND WHERE EVERYTHING HAPPENED. THE DAY HAD BEGUN WITH A CALL FOR HELP FROM MEMBERS OF THE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES WHO'D BEEN ATTACKED NEAR BAGHAK IN THE SHIKARI VALLEY WHILE TRYING TO ARREST TALIBAN INSURGENTS, INCLUDING A BOMB MAKER. RADIO TRANSMISSION NZ COMMANDERS DISPATCH A PATROL OF THREE HUMVEES TO PROVIDE WHAT'S CALLED 'IN EXTREMIS SUPPORT', HELPING THE AFGHANS EVACUATE. TWO PATROLS OF LIGHT-ARMOURED VEHICLES, LAVS, ARE SENT SOON AFTERWARDS. AND 14 KIWI SOLDIERS ARE ORDERED TO LEAVE THE VEHICLES AND GO ON FOOT INTO THE HILLS. ON THE GROUND OF THE VALLEY, TWO AND A HALF HOURS PASS WHILE, CRUCIALLY, THE SOLDIERS WAIT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER, MAJOR CRAIG WILSON, WITH ANOTHER LAV PATROL. HE WANTED TO SWITCH FROM PROVIDING 'IN EXTREMIS SUPPORT' TO A CLEARANCE OPERATION. IN OTHER WORDS, MOVING FROM ASSISTING THE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES, TO GOING ON THE ATTACK AGAINST THE INSURGENTS. WILSON ARRIVES TO TAKE CHARGE SHORTLY BEFORE 12.27 WHEN THE DEADLY FIREFIGHT BREAKS OUT. IN THE CHAOS, ONE OF THE KIWI LAV PATROLS MOVES CLOSER TO THE CONTACT AREA AND FIRES INTO THE HILLS, STRIKING THEIR OWN. TWO OF THOSE KIWI SOLDIERS ON FOOT RECEIVE SHRAPNEL WOUNDS FROM FRIENDLY FIRE. AND THERE WAS SO MUCH FIRE THAT DAY. WOMAN: MUST BE SOMETHING THERE IF THEY JUST <BLEEP>ing HAMMERED IT. RADIO TRANSMISSION BANG! WOMAN: <BLEEP>ING JESUS. MOTHER<BLEEP>ER! RADIO TRANSMISSION BANG! MAN: THREE TIMES CASUALTIES. MAN: WHO'S GOT CASUALTIES? MAN: K2. WOMAN: K2 HAS CASUALTIES? GUNFIRE WOMAN: THEY HAVE CASUALTIES? MAN: THREE CASUALTIES I HEARD. WHAT YOU'VE JUST WITNESSED WAS THE MOMENT THE MEMBERS OF THIS KIWI PATROL, WORKING ALONGSIDE THE AFGHAN FORCES, FOUND OUT SOME OF THEIR COMRADES HAD BEEN HIT. RAPID GUNFIRE IN JUST 12 MINUTES, RORY MALONE AND PRALLI DURRER WERE FATALLY SHOT AND SIX OTHER NZERS INJURED, INCLUDING MAJOR WILSON. HIS LIFE WAS SAVED BY RORY MALONE WHO HELPED DRAG HIM TO SAFETY. HE WAS CERTAINLY AT THE RIGHT SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR HIM, AND HAD HE NOT BEEN WHERE HE WAS AT THAT TIME, THAT CHAP WOULD BE DEAD. THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT, YEAH. ALTHOUGH HE'D BEEN INJURED, MALONE HAD GONE BACK INTO THE DANGER ZONE TO MOVE A HUMVEE IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE MORE LIVES. SO HE WENT BACK INTO THE LINE OF FIRE TO DO THAT, AND IN DOING THAT HE LOST HIS LIFE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE ELSE WAS GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE ALIVE. MAN: THIS IS 3. WE CANNOT GET PAST YOUR LAV. OVER. MAN GROANS REVERSE. REVERSE. YES, IT'S DISTRESSING TO LISTEN TO BUT THIS IS THE REALITY OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. RESCUING THE INJURED AND GETTING THEM TO SAFETY IS RISKY. AT LEAST TWO OTHER SOLDIERS WERE SHOT WHILE RETRIEVING FALLEN COMRADES. 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Putting it all together can improve our lifestyle, save lots of energy, and it's worth $4 billion to us all. Everybody wins. TONIGHT'S INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT A DEADLY FIREFIGHT IN WHICH TWO NZER SOLDIERS WERE KILLED WOMAN: ACTUAL CONTACT. CONTACT. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BATTLE OF BAGHAK LED TO A MILITARY COURT OF INQUIRY. THIS IS THE BIGGEST EVENT SINCE PROBABLY VIETNAM. AT THE MEDIA CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE FINDINGS, DEFENCE CHIEFS SET OUT THE COURT'S VIEW OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT OUR PERFORMANCE UNDER FIRE WAS EXCELLENT. BUT WAS IT REALLY? ONE OF THE SOLDIERS INJURED BY FRIENDLY FIRE, KNOWN AS SOLDIER F IN THE COURT OF INQUIRY, HAS MANY CONCERNS. 3D INVESTIGATES HAS HAD EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH SOLDIER F ABOUT PRECISELY WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, AND LET'S BE CLEAR, HE BEARS NO ANIMOSITY TOWARDS ANYONE WHO WAS THERE, AT ALL. BUT HE DISPUTES THE OFFICIAL RECORD AS IT'S LAID OUT IN THE COURT OF INQUIRY REPORT, AND HE QUESTIONS WHY THE BATTLE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. SOLDIER F ALSO TAKES ISSUE WITH COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE BATTLE AND TRAINING, VIEWS SHARED BY OUR ANALYST, FORMER SOLDIER JACK WALDRON. LET'S BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT HERE TO CRITICISE THE SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND ON THE DAY, ARE WE? THEY WERE DOING THEIR VERY BEST. ABSOLUTELY. THE SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND THAT DAY DID A REMARKABLE JOB WITH THE INFORMATION AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAD, AND I DO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THEM. IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT THAT THEY WERE INADEQUATELY TRAINED FOR A BATTLE SITUATION LIKE THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE THE COURT OF INQUIRY IS AGAIN KIND OF CONTRADICTORY. IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT ANY GAPS IN TRAINING CONTRIBUTED TO ANY OF THE INJURIES SUSTAINED. > THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING WAS ADEQUATE BUT LACKED REALISM AND COMPLEXITY. YES, AND THAT REPORT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE REALISM THAT OUR TROOPS SHOULD'VE RECEIVED IN THEIR TRAINING, DIDN'T OCCUR. AND IT DIDN'T, AND IT WAS OBVIOUS IN THE FOOTAGE I SAW TODAY. SOLDIER F IS SCATHING OF THE COURT'S ASSESSMENT THAT THE TRAINING WAS ADEQUATE, AND HE ASKS IS ADEQUATE REALLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN HEADING OVERSEAS TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THE INSUFFICIENT PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING BECAME EVIDENT IN THE BATTLE. BOTH WALDRON AND SOLDIER F CRITICISE THE AMOUNT OF SPECULATIVE FIRE THE NZ PATROLS WERE ORDERED TO UNLEASH. SPEC FIRE IS A TACTIC WHERE SHOTS ARE AIMED AT LIKELY ENEMY POSITIONS TO PROVOKE A RESPONSE, CONFIRMING THE ENEMY IS THERE. AS SOLDIER F SAYS, YOU COULD COMPARE IT TO SOMEONE POKING A BEES' NEST WITH A STICK. FIRING SPECULATIVE FIRE IN THE WRONG PLACE WOULD'VE GIVEN THE ENEMY THE CONFIDENCE TO STAY AND FIGHT AS IT WOULD'VE BEEN OBVIOUS TO THEM THAT THE NZERS HAD NO IDEA WHERE THEY WERE. GUNFIRE WHOA! WOMAN: YEEHAH! <BLEEP> GET SOME, BITCHES. MAN: IS THERE ENEMY OUT THERE OR ARE THEY JUST <BLEEP>? AND WHEN YOU'RE FIRING SO MUCH SPECULATIVE FIRE, YOU'D WANT TO BE SURE OF WHERE EVERYONE IS, ESPECIALLY YOUR OWN SOLDIERS. BUT SOLDIER F, WHO REMEMBER WAS INJURED IN FRIENDLY FIRE, SAYS POOR COMMUNICATION MEANT THERE WAS CONFUSION OVER WHO WAS WHERE,... MAN: WAS THAT INCOMING ROUNDS? WOMAN: THEY ARE UP THERE TOO. OUR ROUNDS. ROGER. ...WHICH IS OBVIOUS IN THE UNCENSORED DEFENCE FOOTAGE AND IN THE FOOTAGE SOURCED BY 3D INVESTIGATES. WOMAN: IS THERE ANYTHING TO POP A FEW SHOTS UP? BOOM! MAN: IS THERE ENEMY UP THERE, BOSS, OR WHAT? TOMO, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE FRIENDLIES ARE? THEY SHOULD BE ON YOUR RIGHT SOMEWHERE. 3 O'CLOCK. OH, WERE THEY JUST FIRING AT NOTHING JUST BEFORE? WOMAN: IF THEY'RE NOT FIRING ON ANYTHING, WHERE'S IT COMING FROM? (MAN) SHOUTS: GILLY! GILLY, LISTEN TO THE... GILLY! (MAN) SHOUTS: GILLY! GILLY! GILLY, FACE THIS <BLEEP> WAY! SHOUTS: GILLY, GO TO THE EAST TO THE SOUTH-EAST. EAST TO THE SOUTH-EAST. BEWARE THERE ARE NDS UP THERE. THE LACK OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ALARMS JACK WALDRON. THE COMMAND AND CONTROL ON THE DAY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN FURTHER FROM IDEAL. WE HAD COMMANDERS ON THE GROUND THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHERE THE ENEMY POSITIONS WERE. BUT UNDERLYING ALL OF THESE CONTRIBUTING PROBLEMS IS ONE FUNDAMENTAL, SCREAMING QUESTION. WHY WERE WE STILL THERE AT ALL BY THE TIME THE BATTLE BROKE OUT? THE COURT OF INQUIRY FINDS THE TWO KIWIS DIED WHILE PROVIDING THAT 'IN EXTREMIS SUPPORT' TO THE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES. BUT HOW CAN THAT BE RIGHT? BY THE TIME THE KIWIS WERE SHOT, THE AFGHAN CASUALTIES HAD LONG BEEN EVACUATED AND THE SUPPORT OPERATION WAS ALREADY OVER. MAN: CAN YOU HEAR ANYTHING? MAN SHOUTS OVER RADIO WOMAN: THEY'RE IN CONTACT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. AS SOLDIER F PUTS IT, MALONE AND DURRER WEREN'T KILLED PROVIDING 'IN EXTREMIS SUPPORT', THEY DIED WAITING IN AN AMBUSH SITE. SO THEY DIED WAITING FOR THE COORDINATION OF AN ATTACK AGAINST THE INSURGENTS, EVEN THOUGH BACK HOME WE WERE STILL UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT THIS WAS A RECONSTRUCTION TEAM FIGHTING ONLY FOR HEARTS AND MINDS. WE ASKED THE DEFENCE FORCE FOR INTERVIEWS WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING MAJOR CRAIG WILSON, TO FIND OUT WHY HE WANTED TO GO ON THE ATTACK. BUT ALL OF OUR REQUESTS WERE DECLINED, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW FROM OUR INVESTIGATIONS THAT MAJOR WILSON ACTUALLY DOES WANT TO TELL HIS STORY. HE'S EVEN DRAFTED A BOOK. BUT DEFENCE HAS BANNED HIM FROM PUBLISHING IT. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE OF BAGHAK, MILITARY POLICE INVESTIGATED EIGHT SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS, BUT IN THE END, NO CHARGES WERE LAID. NO ONE HAS BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WENT WRONG. OF COURSE, THE SOLDIERS ON THE DAY WERE THRUST INTO A TERRIFYING SITUATION THEY WERE ILL-PREPARED FOR. ON AUGUST 4TH 2012, NZERS PERFORMED WITH VALOUR. AND LANCE CORPORALS RORY MALONE AND PRALLI DURRER PAID FOR THE BATTLE OF BAGHAK WITH THEIR LIVES. PETE MALONE BELIEVES HIS BROTHER SHOULD BE POSTHUMOUSLY DECORATED FOR HIS ACTIONS, AND HE WANTS HIS QUESTIONS ANSWERED. HAS THERE BEEN IN YOUR VIEW, PETE, PROPER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE? AS A FAMILY MEMBER OF ONE OF THE FALLEN SOLDIERS, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I GUESS I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN ANY REAL ACCOUNTABILITY AS TO HOW THEY ENDED UP, HOW THOSE BOYS ENDED UP IN THAT SITUATION, AND I DON'T FEEL AT THAT LEVEL, AND AT A PERSONAL LEVEL TO THE FAMILIES, THE NZ ARMY HAVE OWNED UP TO THAT. WELL, YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE FAMILY THERE. PETE MALONE SAYING THAT HE HASN'T HAD ANSWERS. HE WANTS ANSWERS, SO PERHAPS WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE BATTLE OF BAGHAK. YEAH, BUT IT MIGHT THROW UP THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF INQUIRY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CASUALTIES LIKE THAT. PAULA AND EUGENE HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND 3 NEWS WILL HAVE MORE STORIES ON THE BATTLE OF BAGHAK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND THAT INVESTIGATION WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF 10 3D INVESTIGATES THIS YEAR, AND THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. AND WE DO APPRECIATE THEIR HELP. WE CERTAINLY DO. WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOU WATCHING. THANKS FOR YOUR COMPANY. THAT'S US FOR THIS WEEK. WE'RE BACK NEXT SUNDAY, SAME TIME, 6.30. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015