Apparently a medic has now stepped forward and admitted that he killed the ISIS prisoner by asphyxiation, saying that Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher is not to blame:
FOX NEWS – A medic testifying in the trial of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher – who is accused of killing an injured ISIS prisoner of war in Iraq – has shockingly testified Thursday that he is the one who killed the militant, not Gallagher.
The medic told a court at Naval Base San Diego that he killed the fighter by asphyxiation. He also testified that Gallagher stabbed the fighter, but did not kill him.
Gallagher, 40, has pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder and aggravated assault charges stemming from the alleged killing of a wounded ISIS fighter and alleged instances of firing sniper rounds at civilians in Iraq.
I haven’t followed this story very closely, but from what I understand Gallagher is saying he’s being framed by one or more other SEALs who say he murdered the ISIS fighter.
Here’s what the prosecution is saying happened:
It was during Gallagher’s final combat deployment, in 2017, that he’s alleged to have committed war crimes. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service launched an investigation into Gallagher in April 2018.
Investigators previously have alleged that, while a teen ISIS fighter was receiving medical treatment from SEAL medics, Gallagher walked up and stabbed him in his neck and side with a knife, killing the terrorist. Then, they say, he posed for photographs with the fighter’s body, holding his head in one hand and his blade in the other.
With this medic now admitting to killing the ISIS prisoner, that would seem to change everything and perhaps it means that this other SEAL(s) were in fact lying.