![]() Miller said he immediately reported the stabbing to an officer, but didn't pursue a more formal complaint until months after returning from deployment. They claim that disgruntled sailors fabricated the murder accusations because he was a demanding platoon leader and they didn't want him promoted. He made an incision in his throat to insert a tube to clear the airway. Defense lawyers say Gallagher treated the prisoner for a collapsed lung suffered in a blast from an air strike. Miller briefly stepped away and said when he returned he saw Gallagher unexpectedly plunge a knife twice into the boy's neck "right here on the right side in the jugular vein," he said tapping the spot above the collar of his dress whites.īlood spurted out and another SEAL jumped back and grabbed his medical bag, Miller said. Miller, a then-Special Warfare Operator 1st Class who has since been promoted to chief, said he put his foot on the boy's chest to keep him down. Dille said he was not the grizzled warrior he expected to find. ![]() The captive was on the hood of a Humvee fading in an out of consciousness with only a minor leg wound visible when Iraqi forces delivered him to a SEAL compound in Mosul. Testifying on the second day of trial, Dille said when a radio call announced the prisoner was wounded on May 3, 2017, Gallagher replied: "Don't touch him, he's all mine." Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher hugs his wife, Andrea Gallagher, after leaving a military courtroom on Naval Base San Diego on the decorated Navy SEAL is facing a murder trial in the death of an ISIS prisoner was freed from custody after a military judge cited interference by prosecutors ![]() More former SEALs were expected to testify on Thursday in a case that has drawn the attention of President Donald Trump and revealed a rare rift in the typically tight-knit elite special forces. San Diego-A decorated Navy SEAL suddenly plunged a knife into the neck of a wounded young Islamic State prisoner, killing him, and later scoffed that he was "just an ISIS dirtbag," former comrades testified at a war crimes trial.ĭylan Dille and Craig Miller took the stand Wednesday at the San Diego court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder stemming from his 2017 tour of duty in Iraq. ![]()
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