US Navy SEALs have described their platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, as 'evil,' 'toxic' and 'perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving,' in video footage of interviews obtained by The New York Times
US Navy SEALs have described their platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, as "evil," "toxic" and "perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving," in video footage of interviews obtained byGallagher's war crimes case earlier this year gained international attention after US President Donald Trump intervened on his behalf despite strong objections from Pentagon leaders.
The footage published on Friday was part of a trove of confidential Navy investigative materials that theobtained about the prosecution of Gallagher, who was accused of battlefield misconduct in Iraq. They described how their chief seemed to love killing, how he targeted women and children and boasted that "burqas were flying".They have never spoken publicly about the case, which has divided the elite fighting force known for its secrecy.
Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, centre, leaves court with his wife Andrea, left, in July after being acquitted of murder.The material also includes thousands of text messages that the SEALs sent to one another about Gallagher's case, and video from a SEAL's helmet camera that shows Gallagher approach a barely conscious captive - a teenage Islamic State fighter - in May 2017. The camera then shuts off.
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