arnisador
12-01-2009, 08:59 PM
Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576646,00.html)
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.
I don't want to see prisoners being abused, but I have to say, if a SEAL punches a terrorist in Iraq then I think the best response is his C.O. saying "Don't do that again" and not a court trial. And as to a terrorist who whines after one punch gives him a bloody lip...sheesh!
Navy SEALs accused of punching accused Falluja plotter (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/navy.seals.falluja/)
Three U.S. Navy SEALs face criminal charges after the alleged mastermind of one of the most notorious crimes against Americans in Iraq accused them of punching him after his capture, the military said Wednesday.
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If found guilty, they could be sentenced to a maximum of a year in a military prison, demotion to the lowest Navy rank, a cut in pay and a bad conduct discharge.
Oh yeah, that's a good use of the hundreds of thousand of dollars that were spent on these guys' training.
It's either a military zone or it isn't...warn them, yes, but this is ridiculous.
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.
I don't want to see prisoners being abused, but I have to say, if a SEAL punches a terrorist in Iraq then I think the best response is his C.O. saying "Don't do that again" and not a court trial. And as to a terrorist who whines after one punch gives him a bloody lip...sheesh!
Navy SEALs accused of punching accused Falluja plotter (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/navy.seals.falluja/)
Three U.S. Navy SEALs face criminal charges after the alleged mastermind of one of the most notorious crimes against Americans in Iraq accused them of punching him after his capture, the military said Wednesday.
[...]
If found guilty, they could be sentenced to a maximum of a year in a military prison, demotion to the lowest Navy rank, a cut in pay and a bad conduct discharge.
Oh yeah, that's a good use of the hundreds of thousand of dollars that were spent on these guys' training.
It's either a military zone or it isn't...warn them, yes, but this is ridiculous.