The entire case was based on the testimony of a non-SEAL Master-at-arms (basically a military prison guard) who was a known malcontent and discipline problem.

My guess...the seals got into a pee-ing match with the MAA over who-knows-what, and he then blew something completely out of proportion out of spite.

I don't know how many terrorists or insurgents you've dealt with personally, but they tend to be rather non-cooperative at every opportunity. They often do require manhandling simply to control them, so legitimate prisoner handling might have blown out of proportion...a given blow struck might be perfectly acceptable or a crime, depending on context and what the bad guy was doing.

I'm convinced these guys did nothing wrong... requesting CM is like if the HS principle is going to discipline you for taking Susie's lunch money, but you demand that he call the cops and have you arrested, so you can prove your innocence in court. You had better be sure of yourself.

Well, that's your opinion but not what an officer, who would be intimately familiar with his performance, said about him under oath:

And when I read this part, I laughed out loud:

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2...nd-not-guilty/

Yeah, we just stopped by to see if you needed anything. (Read: they went to the brig to beat the crap out of Abed only to discover that the Master At Arms wasn't a "team player").

You know, when we abandon the rule of law, the terrorists actually win.

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So you laughed out loud when you saw an example of the rule of law in action?

And to think we have been worried about them trying to blow up buildings and kill people when all along all that want to do is get us to abandon the rule of law. Did you think of this on your way to a boycott Arizona rally?

It was proven this guy wasn't punched in the mouth, his lip wounds were from his own teeth. He changed his story multiple times and it's a known fact that these guys are taught to pull this sh1t to try and bring discredit and provide propganda.

Personally, I would have shot him on sight at capture. That said, 99.9% of these little bastards I've seen, was through my targeting pod.

2264J you just see everything in black and white don't you? You're over your head here.

Ha ha. I get it.

WW

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Yes, but that would imply that those higher up in the chain of command actually had a spine and told the terrorist to pound sand. But most are more worried about their next promotion than standing up for those under their command. Instead KNOWN terrorists have more rights than our very own soldiers. ROE is getting our people killed.....read Lone survivor for a good rant on that subject!

Doesn't matter how high up they are, the only way to make this go away is by dropping the charges. It's the soldiers right to request a court martial. Good on the Seals, I wouldn't expect anything less from these guys!

I don't see where that was proven. Maybe you could provide a link. Fox is reporting that an oral surgeon testified from Baghdad on the phone that he may have bitten his lip:

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2...nd-not-guilty/

The defense asserted that al Qaeda detainees are trained to injure themselves but I haven't read anywhere that it's ever been established that Abed is al Qaeda. Fallujah was an insurgent stronghold. There's a difference.

If anyone's interested, Jeremy Scahill's book Blackwater, The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army is a excellent primer on the Fallujah debacle.

DEFEND MICHAEL

Another sad case...soldiers can't even do their job for fear of being thrown in jail!