YGBFSM – Navy Seals Charged With Assault For Allegedly Hitting Most Wanted Terrorist
By Parrothead Jeff, on 24 November 2009
Make sure the duct tape’s wrapped securely around your head before you read further. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I don’t have much time, so I’ve got to make this quick.
From Fox News:
By Rowan Scarborough
March 31, 2004: Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as the charred and mutilated bodies of U.S. contractors hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, Iraq.
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 an admiral’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.
FoxNews.com obtained the official handwritten statement from one of the three witnesses given on Sept. 3, hours after Abed was captured and still being held at the SEAL base at Camp Baharia. He was later taken to a cell in the U.S.-operated Green Zone in Baghdad.
The SEAL told investigators he had showered after the mission, gone to the kitchen and then decided to look in on the detainee.
“I gave the detainee a glance over and then left,” the SEAL wrote. “I did not notice anything wrong with the detainee and he appeared in good health.”
Lt. Col. Holly Silkman, spokeswoman for the special operations component of U.S. Central Command, confirmed Tuesday to FoxNews.com that three SEALs have been charged in connection with the capture of a detainee. She said their court martial is scheduled for January.
United States Central Command declined to discuss the detainee, but a legal source told FoxNews.com that the detainee was turned over to Iraqi authorities, to whom he made the abuse complaints. He was then returned to American custody. The SEAL leader reported the charge up the chain of command, and an investigation ensued.
So it appears it’s a most wanted terrorist’s word against three Navy SEALs. And we’re charging the SEALs and trying them in a Court Martial. I’d like to know how we can be sure that the accuser didn’t injure himself. After all, it’s guys like him who seem to enjoy blowing themselves up so why not just injure himself and cause havoc in our ranks?
One other question – am I the only one who wants to puke here?
A bloody lip? Ok, painful — maybe. But three Seals, who, I am sure could have dispatched the prisoner with their bare hands, delivered him after capture and he had a bloody lip.
Again with the “we must be so PC” and,in doing so, we protect the wrong person.
To answer your last question first – if you want to be the only one, you’ll have to go somewhere else. THIS vomitorium is going to be crowded.
The officer that is the convening authority needs to be taken out and flogged, keel hauled and then hanged for treason. I would guess that worthless piece of garbage, holder is behind this along with the white house mullah, shit stain hussein.
I almost forgot! Cut his nuts off with a dull knife. And I do mean the Admiral that is the convening authority. My Manual for Courts Martial knowledge is a bit rusty. But I do it would be the commander of US southern command in Tampa.
It’ll be interesting to watch this story unfold. I recommend the comments thread over at Lex’s place… there are lotsa guys who wore the Navy Command pin commenting there. That said… I find the fact the accused opted for a courts-martial over NJP to be the biggest and most interesting bit in the initial report of this cluster-f*ck. It wouldn’t be beyond the pale to see charges dropped after the pre-trial investigation is complete. One hopes so, anyway.