Attorneys for both sides in the war crimes trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL delivered c...
SAN DIEGO - Attorneys for both sides in the war crimes trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL delivered closing arguments on Monday, with prosecutors saying the defendant’s own words prove his guilt, and the defense countering there was no physical evidence to support the charges.
Gallagher also is charged with attempted murder in the wounding of two non-combatants - a schoolgirl and an elderly man - shot from a sniper’s perch, as well as with obstruction of justice and unlawfully posing for photos with the detainee’s corpse. Gallagher has denied all charges, insisting that disgruntled subordinates with no prior battlefield experience fabricated allegations against him because of grievances with his leadership style and combat tactics.
The senior prosecutor, Navy Commander Jeffrey Pietrzyk, asserted, however, that Gallagher had implicated himself. Pietrzyk cited a photo that Gallagher sent to a friend in May 2017 showing him posed with the Iraqi detainee’s corpse, with the text message: “I got a cool story for you when I get back. I got him with my hunting knife.”
Last week, two defense witnesses who were present during the incident, an Iraqi general and a U.S. Marine sergeant who served as the unit’s intelligence officer, insisted they never saw Gallagher or anyone else from the SEAL platoon stab or otherwise mistreat the detainee before he died.
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