Honor And Betrayal : the Untold Story of the Navy Seals Who Captured the "butcher of Fallujah"-And the Shameful Ordeal They Later Endured (9780306823091)
“It brought perhaps a new dimension to the fiendish cruelty Iraq’s jihadists were carrying out in the name of the Prophet.
But, curiously, when a Navy SEAL Team finally went in and grabbed the perpetrator after five years, the aftermath of that event caused an almost bigger sense of outrage. Because the US military authorities decided to court-martial the men who had carried out the raid—for “prisoner abuse.”
The US public rose up in protest. Literally hundreds of thousands of people signed peti...tions. I was among a few writers and historians requested to join the uproar and contribute words and/or cash to the SEALs’ defense.
From that moment I followed the scant accounts of the legal process, making notes, tracking the three Special Forces heroes all the way to their respective military trials. And the only thought I ever had was: these men deserve vindication. The media did their best, but they didn’t bother much to investigate whether the alleged assault actually happened.MoreLess
But, curiously, when a Navy SEAL Team finally went in and grabbed the perpetrator after five years, the aftermath of that event caused an almost bigger sense of outrage. Because the US military authorities decided to court-martial the men who had carried out the raid—for “prisoner abuse.”
The US public rose up in protest. Literally hundreds of thousands of people signed peti...tions. I was among a few writers and historians requested to join the uproar and contribute words and/or cash to the SEALs’ defense.
From that moment I followed the scant accounts of the legal process, making notes, tracking the three Special Forces heroes all the way to their respective military trials. And the only thought I ever had was: these men deserve vindication. The media did their best, but they didn’t bother much to investigate whether the alleged assault actually happened.MoreLess
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