In the podcast interview, Gallagher continued to deny that he stabbed the fighter. He claimed, instead, that the SEALs did not treat the fighter for his injuries and jointly decided to practice medical procedures on him until he died
* Eddie Gallagher, 41, was found not guilty in 2019 of murdering an injured 17-year-old ISIS fighter while on deployment in Iraq
* He has now claimed his entire platoon agreed to kill the captured fighter as part of a plan to practice medical procedures on him
* Prosecutors claimed during his trial that Gallagher briefly treated the ISIS fighter by inserting a breathing tube in his neck after being injured in an airstrike
* Gallagher's platoon members told investigators they then saw Gallagher stab the fighter in the neck several times
* He has always claimed the war crimes charges brought against him were made up by six platoon members who wanted to force him out
* His attorney claims that prosecutors already knew that the SEALs had practiced medical procedures on the ISIS fighter before he was pronounced dead
* The knowledge that the fighter was used for medical training was detailed as part of a defense motion filed back in 2019 and also in other court documents
Former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was found not guilty of murdering an injured ISIS detainee, has now claimed his entire platoon agreed to kill the captured fighter as part of a plan to practice medical procedures on him.
The 41-year-old retired SEAL made the bombshell admission in an interview on Apple's 'The Line' podcast on Tuesday regarding the 2017 death of a 17-year-old militant captive in Iraq.
'The grain of truth in the whole thing is that that ISIS fighter was killed by us and that nobody at that time had a problem with it,' he said.
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Update: Eddie Gallagher now says SEALs intended to kill unarmed fighter and ‘nobody had a problem with it’ (Task and Purpose)
WNU Editor: There is still a lot of bad blood between Eddie Gallagher and the six former fellow soldiers that he says wanted to force him out.
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This guy has tourettes. After all he has been through, to come out and say this after the trial ended favorably makes us realize he was dropped on his head.
Who gives a crap what the hell they did to him. That's one for Daniel pearl
Ill treatment can be necessary. A group of Luftwaffe officers went head to head with Gestapo in WW2 in a now famous incident. There might have been more than one reason. A very important reason for butting heads with the Gestapo was fear of retribution. They were afraid of what would happen to captured German pilots, if they allowed Allied airmen to be starved to death or gassed in concentration camps. If you are too decent and are losing or it is a draw and you do not go in for an eye for an eye, expect barbarity from your opponent.
He should have kept his mouth shut.
Yaaaawn. Lessee, I think I'll cut my toenails. Haven't done that in a while. Then maybe take a nap.
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