SEALs charged in alleged assault of detainee

[unhappycamper]

SEALs charged in alleged assault of detainee
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Nov 24, 2009 17:41:46 EST

SAN DIEGO — Three Navy SEALs are facing court-martial for allegedly assaulting and mishandling a detainee they captured in Iraq in September, military officials said.

The three SEALs — Special Warfare Operators 2nd Class Matthew McCabe and Jonathan Keefe, and SO1 Julio Huertas — will be arraigned Dec. 7 in a military court in Norfolk, Va., said Army Lt. Col. Holly Silkman, a spokeswoman with U.S. Special Operations Command Central.

McCabe is charged with one count each of assault of the detainee, dereliction of duty and making a false official statement, Silkman said. Officials accuse McCabe of “willfully failing to safeguard a detainee,” Silkman said.

Keefe is charge with one count each of dereliction of duty and false official statement; Huertas is accused of dereliction of duty, false official statement and impeding an investigation, she said.

Army Maj. Gen. Charles Cleveland, SOCCent commander, preferred the charges against the SEALs and will serve as the convening authority as the cases proceed to court-martial, tentatively scheduled for mid-January, Silkman said.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/UPnavy_seals_charged_112409w/

[highlander100]

1. Appalling

I can't believe what is happening in our country. We send these men/women in Harms Way, and then we tie their hands behind their backs. Don't be rough, don't be tough, be gentle. And when some Terrorist is arrested and has a bloody lip, we immediately go after our military.

I guess I can see people being upset about Abu Grab, but I honestly don't see that those things were crimes, but the people involved should have been reprimanded. Waterboarding??? I do see how some would see that as wrong (I don't have a problem with it).

But when you have people on the edge everyday, chasing really bad guys, and they arrest him and we take them to Courts-Martial for doing their jobs... THAT IS WRONG.... WRONG .... WRONG.... WRONG...

Even in the USA, where Police Officers arrest a perpetrator, often someone ends up with a bloodly lip, and we don't prosecute them.

If we don't stop this Political Correctness, our Country is doomed.

[xlc120097]

2. Totally agree

We ask these guys to go live in a craphole and fight for our freedoms and this is what they get? We should be thanking them, not charging them. If a terrorist or combatant goes up against a SEAL and all he gets is a fat lip, he should thank Allah that's all he got.