Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist
David D. emails me:
The Department of Defense truly seems to have lost its direction.
They have agreed to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to trial at a New York City courthouse and now want to try three Navy Seals for giving Ahmed Hashim Abed a bloody lip.
Abed is the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004.
I’m glad I’ve retired from the military. It’s been emasculated and feminized over the last 45 years that it’s nearly unrecognizable.
From Fox News:
Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq - the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com.
The three, all members of the Navy's elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial punishment - called a captain's mast - and have requested a trial by court-martial.
Ahmed Hashim Abed, whom the military code-named "Objective Amber," told investigators he was punched by his captors - and he had the bloody lip to prove it.
Now, instead of being lauded for bringing to justice a high-value target, three of the SEAL commandos, all enlisted, face assault charges and have retained lawyers.
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Neal Puckett, an attorney representing McCabe, told Fox News the SEALs are being charged for allegedly giving the detainee a "punch in the gut."
