Navy Charges 3 More SEALs in Iraq Abuse

[Barrett808]

Navy Charges 3 More SEALs in Iraq Abuse
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer

WASHINGTON - The Navy said Friday it has filed assault and other criminal charges against three more of its elite SEAL commandos in connection with probes of prisoner abuse in Iraq.

The three, whose names were not released, are in addition to four SEALs charged Sept. 2 with assault and other alleged offenses in connection with the death of a prisoner last November.

At the time of the reported abuse, all seven were members of a Sea-Air-Land, or SEAL, unit known as SEAL Team-7, a counterterrorist group that sometimes operated in Iraq with CIA officers. It is based at Coronado, Calif., and reports to the Naval Special Warfare Command in San Diego.

In addition to the November 2003 death, an undisclosed number of SEALs were involved in the case of a detainee who died April 5, 2004 under suspicious circumstances at a U.S. Army logistics base near the northern city of Mosul, an Army preliminary investigation report said.

At least one of the three SEALs charged Friday is accused of involvement in the April case, said a senior defense official who discussed the case on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_prisoner_abuse_navy

[Bluebear]

1. 'They were just blowing off steam'

What have we become?

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

6. Weve become what we always where....

...have you studied our history.?...brutality & visciousness is the American Way.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. I have known a few SpecOps guys.

Good guys who did hairy work in hairy conditions. That said, I don't think that they would have done something like this, Dick Marcinko potboilers notwithstanding.

Something is terribly broken.

[JSJ]

3. but, they have, mon ami nt

[CarinKaryn]

4. Commando terrorists think they answer to no one

They thought wrong!

[Disturbed]

5. No one told them about..

The Geneva Convention?

Just a "few bad apples".

War Crimes are the ultimate responsibilty of the Pres. of the USA.

[saigon68]

7. THUGGISH WAR CRIMINALS

And the rest of the world thinks amerikan troops are nothing less--- Give me a break this shit was condoned and instigated by higher NCOs and Officers

Remember that War criminal Colonel who shot off his pistol 6 inches from the head bagged prisoner's ear. and how "Pimple on the Ass Dodger Boy" took up a collection for the WAR CRIMINAL

Well I haven't---- this story plays really well in Europe and shows the depths to the ROTTEN LEVEL this military has sunk.

[0007]

12. This corrupt administration is fucking up the troops one way or the other

and it is all based on lies.

The Hague is silently waiting for junior and his cabinet.

[UpInArms]

8. related article: CNN:Three Navy SEALs charged in Iraqi man's death

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/24/detainee.death.seals/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three U.S. Navy SEALs have been charged with maltreating an Iraqi detainee who died after he was turned over to the U.S. Army in Mosul in April 2004, the Navy said Friday.

The charges against the sailors include aggravated assault with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, assault with a dangerous weapon, maltreatment of a detainee, dereliction of duty, failure to report abuse to authorities and obstruction of justice.

Four other Navy SEALs were charged September 2 in connection with the death of a detainee at Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad in 2003, The Associated Press reported.

Navy sources said the three accused in the Mosul incident may also be implicated in the 2003 Abu Ghraib incident and and the four charged in the Abu Ghraib matter may have some involvement in the Mosul incident.

Separately, two soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division have been charged with premeditated murder in the deaths of three Iraqis. The allegations are that the soldiers shot and killed the Iraqis last month during a patrol in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City.

...more...

We have crossed so many lines that they have become blurry and no one can accept the hard truth that our citizens and its military have become corrupted in their souls.

:cry:

[saigon68]

9. charged in connection with the death of a detainee at Abu Ghraib

I wonder if "THE DUDE ON ICE" was their handiwork--- I'll bet the Lovely Sabrina---ABOVE knows

[0007]

13. 'Ya think this cretin loves her work work?

Bright red lips, well taken care of eye brows, well flossed teeth and a smile that would kill for kicks.


I wonder if she has ever taken it in the head to make money?

[saigon68]

16. that's this guy here

Maybe Sabrina was just practicing sewing the guy up


This is a war crime folks.

[private_ryan]

18. is he the one who got bit by the dog?

n/t

[saigon68]

19. Looks like it to me--- these are 3 photos in sequence

[NashVegas]

10. New York Times Story

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/international/middleeast/25abuse.html?hp

[Disturbed]

11. Depraved indifference.

This happens in most wars. The best or worst can come forth from people.

Amerika learned nothing from the Nurnberg Trials.

[n2mark]

14. Sham

Our men and women are being duped for the crimes of the higher ups. So angry, they were following orders from guess who? What a sham!

[kwolf68]

15. What traitor is reporting the abuse

They must be detained immediately for their treasonous conduct.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

17. Are you "outraged about these outrages" yet? n/t

[Spiffarino]

20. WTF were SEALs doing working with prisoners???

SEALs are supposed to be ass-kickers and killers...that's what they train for, and they're very good at it.

Navy vets, correct me if I'm wrong, but is there is any reason for Navy SEALs to be working in a prison? I can't imagine any!

:wtf:

[anarchy1999]

21. How many different, simple ways can you just say "WAR CRIMES and

WAR CRIMINALS?" WTF? It seems pretty plain to me.