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June 21, 2019

At Eddie Gallagher War Crimes Trial, a Medic Claims He Was Real Killer
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In California, the war crimes trial for Navy SEALs Special Operations
Chief Edward Gallagher took a surprise turn on Thursday when a Navy SEAL
medic testified that he-and not Gallagher-was responsible for killing a
wounded captive ISIS teenage fighter in Iraq. The medic, Corey Scott,
claimed he asphyxiated the teenager after Gallagher stabbed the victim.
Scott described it as a "mercy killing." Gallagher is also charged with
attempted murder for shooting at an Iraqi schoolgirl and elderly man.


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