They told investigators that Gallagher would brag about the number of people he had killed, according to the New York Times. His lawyers claim he is the victim of a “cabal” who plotted against him in order to remove him from the platoon.Īccording to statements read at a preliminary hearing last year, some members of the “Alpha” platoon were so horrified by Gallagher’s behaviour that they tampered with his sniper rifle and fired warning shots to scare civilians away before he had time to open fire on them. ![]() 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 Daesh 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. The trial of an elite US Navy SEAL accused of shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a teenage captive to death in Iraq began on Monday at a military court in California. US Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher leaves court after the first day of jury selection at the court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California, US, on Monday.
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