Navy SEALs were administering medical aid to a wounded 15-year-old ISIS fighter when one SEAL allegedly stabbed the prisoner to death and then posed for photos next to the body. Warbinski also referred to the fighter as "just a brainwashed kid." Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent Joe Warbinski testified during the Wednesday hearing, and said that a SEAL medic told him that he had just stabilized the wounded man when Gallagher came over and attacked with his knife. Gallagher allegedly murdered the wounded fighter, stabbing him in the body and neck.
The killing of the ISIS fighter, who was about 15, reportedly took place around May 3, 2017, in Iraq. The lawyers argued that the case should be referred to court-martial in the preliminary hearing, presenting the judge with eyewitness statements, interviews, photographs and text messages. Purportedly boasting about killing the Islamic State militant, Navy SEAL Chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher, 39, said he "got him with my hunting knife," government lawyers said during an Article 32 hearing before Navy Judge Advocate Captain Arthur Record on Wednesday, veterans news site Task and Purpose reported. A 19-year veteran of the Navy is facing war crimes charges for violating military law, including premeditated murder, after he allegedly texted a photo of himself holding the head of an ISIS fighter in one hand and a knife in the other.
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