The 40-year-old was accused of committing a number of war crimes while deployed in Iraq, including using his sniper's rifle to shoot at a young girl walking along a river bank and an older man.
Gallagher's behavior during his eighth deployment to Iraq had alarmed his colleagues so much that they asked to meet with their top troop commander to raise concerns, according to a report obtained by the New York Times. A Navy SEAL chief accused of shooting civilians in Iraq and stabbing an injured enemy fighter to death while they were receiving getting medical attention was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder charges Tuesday.Įddie Gallagher, a decorated veteran, faced charges for more than a dozen crimes while deployed in Iraq, but on Tuesday was convicted of only a single charge of posing with the dead body of an ISIS fighter.
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