![]() ![]() Indeed the evidence that he had stabbed the prisoner was contradicted by an Iraqi general who handed the wounded man to the SEALs and Marine Staff Sgt Giorgio Kirylo who said after the militant died he moved the body to take a "cool guy trophy" photo with it and saw no stab wounds on his neck. A jury of seven reached a verdict in the trial of Special Operations Chief Eddie Gallagher who was charged with stabbing a war prisoner to death in Iraq. Gallagher's lawyers said pictures of him clutching the corpse's hair and his texts about his knife skills were just the dark humour of a warrior. day of the trial, he published an article titled Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher Goes on Trial for War Crimes. Seven SEALs said Gallagher unexpectedly stabbed the captive moments after he and the other SEAL medics treated the detainee.ĭuring the trial, it emerged that nearly all the platoon members readily posed for photos with the dead prisoner and watched as Gallagher read his reenlistment oath near the body in an impromptu ceremony. Scott, in common with most of the witnesses, had been granted immunity from prosecution in return for their testimony. The most controversial moment came when a medic, Special Operator Corey Scott, claimed he saw Gallagher stab the wounded prisoner in the neck, but that it was actually him who had killed the man by placing his thumb over his breathing tube in what he described as an act of mercy. ![]() Gallagher trial: Fellow SEAL takes blame for IS deathĪ Navy SEAL has shocked a murder trial by claiming he was behind the death of a wounded militant - not his commanding officer ![]()
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