![]() ![]() He maintains that fellow SEAL team members in his platoon, who turned him in and are testifying against him under grants of immunity, are disgruntled subordinates who fabricated allegations to force him from command. Gallagher, a decorated veteran of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, faces life imprisonment if convicted by the San Diego court. They were among American troops deployed to Mosul, in northern Iraq, alongside Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group for control of the city. His alleged acts in Iraq in 2017 were reported by men under his own command in the special operations branch of the US Navy. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, 40, is charged with several war crimes including premeditated murder, attempted murder of two civilians with his sniper rifle and obstruction of justice. ![]() LONDON – The trial of an elite US Navy SEAL accused of shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a teenage captive to death in Iraq began Monday at a military court in California.
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