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SEAL medic claims on the stand that he killed ISIS detainee, not Chief Gallagher

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Scott Warner)

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With Chief Eddie Gallagher’s court martial underway, a SEAL medic made a stunning confession when he took the stand today.

Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher stands trial for the murder of a teenage ISIS detainee in Mosul, Iraq — allegedly killing him with a knife. However, Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Corey Scott changed his story on the stand today during cross-examination, saying that in fact it was he who killed the detainee. Scott claims that while Gallagher did stab the teenager with a knife, that his condition was stabilized and he and Gallagher had provided medical treatment. Scott then claims that he put his thumb over the air tube he had inserted into the detainee’s mouth, which asphyxiated and killed him. The SEAL medic said he did this because he had seen Iraqi Emergency Response Division (ERD) soldiers torture and rape detainees in the past, and so suffocating him to death was a type of mercy killing.

According to a Fox News report, the prosecution became quite flustered as this statement contradicted previous statements that Scott had given to investigators. Scott now has immunity from prosecution, granted in exchange for his testimony. The lead prosecutor stated to him while on the stand, “You can lie about the fact that you killed the ISIS prisoner because you don’t want Chief Gallagher to go to jail.” Scott confirmed that he did not want Gallagher to go to jail.

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  • deltadi15

    Ok how does Scott lie under immunity but the other dozen or so are saints? Aren’t we in a war? Didn’t the bomb maker kill Americans? Or am I wrong or confused?

  • deltadi15

    1My question as a civilian military brat wonders what everybody is assuming Scott lied because he has immunity but not the other dozen or so plus that also were given immunity and there is the Spyware problem and I think we are at war?? I think this is BS. War Times period! Unbelievable seals against seals

  • John U

    This whole thing has been a shit show. We shouldn’t be compromising our criminal justice system in an overzealous attempt to get a conviction and that spyware embedded in that email would definitely qualify for that.
    Allot of the actions I have read about Gallagher are troubling. Killing civilians, detainees etc.
    I was in group and deployed several times in the early phases of OEF/OIF. It felt like we were on a loose leash and I liked that, it felt like we could get things done without being slowed down by bureaucracy. I also remember the shit show that was Abu Gharib (which we were not involved with but it wasn’t far away) and the blow back from that.
    We put in allot of time and effort in building sources and allies in these conflict areas and behavior like this jeopardizes that.

  • Jeds

    What the hell is going on in the Western forces and wake the fuck up we are in a hybrid war !

  • Thomas G

    Rashomon.