In 2004, four Americans working in Iraq for the private security company Blackwater USA were killed by Iraqi insurgents. They were making a food delivery when they were somehow stopped and dragged from their cars. They were beaten, hacked into pieces, and set ablaze. Their corpses were tied to bumpers and drug up and down a main road while the locals gleefully cheered. As a final insult, two of the brutalized bodies were strung from a bridge over the Euphrates River.
Intelligence identified Ahmed Hashim Abed as the ring leader of the attack, and in September 2009, he was finally captured. And apparently punched in the face. This vile excuse of a human got punched in the face by the Navy SEALS that captured him, and he had the fat lip to prove it. Now the terrorist is pressing charges. Matthew McCabe, Jonathan Keefe, and Julio Huertas deserve heaps of praise and gratitude, not assault charges, for capturing the scumbag. And for punching him in the face.
Rick Swift says:
This sickened and saddened me in ways I can’t even describe here. My how have times have changed, even if the SEALS did punch him, while arresting him, they guy is SUPER lucky to be alive. SOF operators are the most disciplined troops on the planet – and that is the ONLY reason he is alive. The JAG Corps of the USN should feel disgraced, I wish Harmon Rabb could defend these SEALS – as he would surely get to the bottom of the hypocrisy of this mess. And, kudos to them for requesting a courts martial instead of NJP – of course, I wouldn’t expect anything less from USN SEALS! Semper Fi.
December 19, 2009, 3:22 pm