Trump tweets support for ‘war crimes’ vet Edward Gallagher in fresh challenge to navy bosses
Gallagher shot little girl in the stomach, her terrified friends dragged her body away from the scene. This is NO hero, this is not even a man, this is a monster independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Gallagher shot little girl in the stomach, her terrified friends dragged her body away from the scene. This is NO hero, this is not even a man, this is a monster independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Gallagher was accused of multiple offenses during his final deployment to Iraq and during Battle for Mosul
Most prominent accusation was murder of POW, a war crime
Prisoner being treated by medic/ per 2 SEAL witnesses, Gallagher said over radio "he's mine" and walked up to medic and prisoner, and without saying a word killed prisoner by stabbing him repeatedly with his hunting knife
Prisoner being treated by medic/ per 2 SEAL witnesses, Gallagher said over radio "he's mine" and walked up to medic and prisoner, and without saying a word killed prisoner by stabbing him repeatedly with his hunting knife
Gallagher then posed for photos of him standing over the body with some other nearby SEALs
Gallagher then text messaged a fellow SEAL a picture of the dead captive with the explanation "Good story behind this, got him with my hunting knife.”
Gallagher then text messaged a fellow SEAL a picture of the dead captive with the explanation "Good story behind this, got him with my hunting knife.”
Gallagher's sniper work during 2017 deployment became indiscriminate, reckless, and bloodthirsty.
He allegedly fired his rifle far more frequently than other snipers; the other snipers in the platoon did not consider him a good sniper, and he took "random shots" into buildings
He allegedly fired his rifle far more frequently than other snipers; the other snipers in the platoon did not consider him a good sniper, and he took "random shots" into buildings
Other snipers said they witnessed Gallagher taking at least two militarily pointless shots, shooting and killing an unarmed old man in a white robe as well as a young girl walking with other girls
Gallagher allegedly boasted about large number of people he had killed, claiming he averaged three kills a day over 80 days, including four women
Gallagher also known for indiscriminately spraying neighborhoods w/ rockets and machine gun fire with no enemy force in region
Gallagher also known for indiscriminately spraying neighborhoods w/ rockets and machine gun fire with no enemy force in region
