{"id":19034,"date":"2010-05-10T07:25:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T12:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=19034"},"modified":"2010-05-10T07:29:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T12:29:33","slug":"details-of-seal-incident-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=19034","title":{"rendered":"Details of SEAL incident emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rowan Scarborough of the Washington Times<\/a> writes this morning about some of the details of the trial of the 3 Navy SEALs who were court martialed for assaulting Ahmed Hashim Abed when he was arrested in iraq ate last year. The article includes a copy of the capture report;<\/p>\n

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Abed’s status as a most-wanted killer is one reason many Americans rallied around the three SEALs, who were accused of hitting him after capture. They celebrated after the last defendant, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe, was found not guilty Thursday of assaulting Abed by a seven-member military jury in Norfolk, Va. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

General Charles Cleveland, the head of the special-operations component of U.S. Central Command explains why he brought charges against the three SEALs;<\/p>\n

“I take my responsibility as a commander and convening authority very seriously and did not make the decision to refer these charges to courts-martial lightly,” Gen. Cleveland said. “While I had preferred to handle the incident administratively, Petty Officers Huertas, McCabe and Keefe exercised their right to have this matter handled by a court-martial. The evidence presented reasonable grounds to believe that offenses had been committed and that Petty Officers Huertas, McCabe, and Keefe had committed those offenses. In the interests of justice and to maintain good order and discipline, I chose to proceed with the courts-martial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think most Americans disagree. The lack of evidence against the 3 shows that this was just a show trial so Cleveland could absolve himself and to avoid making a decision. The people who already hold the troops in low esteem will use this as justification for their abhorrence of those in uniform. Cleveland made a political decision instead of showing leadership. The fact that he felt he had to make a statement Friday explaining his decision, proves to me that it was a purely political decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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