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Hero SEALS face rap for fiend's bloody lip

Three Navy SEALs involved in nabbing one of Iraq's most wanted terrorists are reportedly facing criminal charges related to his capture -- all because he claimed he had a bloody lip.


The SEALs took down Ahmed Hasim Abed, the alleged mastermind of a ghastly 2004 incident in which four American contractors who worked security for Blackwater USA, were murdered in Fallujah and two of the bodies were hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River.


But instead of being praised as heroes, the SEALs are all facing charges and have hired lawyers, FoxNews.com reported.

The three enlisted men, Petty Officers Matthew McCabe, Jonathan Keefe and Julio Huertas, got into hot water after Abed, whose military code name was "Objective Amber," said his captors had punched him.


To prove it, he showed off the bloody lip.


A legal source told Fox News that Abed made the complaint when he was in the hands of Iraqi authorities, causing him to be returned to American custody.


An official investigation was launched and led to the three SEALs.


McCabe was charged with assault, dereliction of performance of duty for willfully failing to safeguard a detainee as well as making a false official statement.


Keefe and Huertas were both charged with dereliction of performance of duty and making a false official statement. Huertas was also charged with impeding an investigation.


All three have refused a non-judicial punishment -- called an admiral's mast -- and have requested courts-martial.


They will be arraigned on Dec. 7.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/hero_seals_face_rap_for_fiend_bloody_ITuJdA8JJ8WbYkAmQzE8OP

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ORIGINAL: luckydawg

Thats absolutly insane. If they go to trial, Obamas impeachment should start the next day...

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ORIGINAL: WickedSilk

As the Sister of a former 1977-1984 Navy SEAL and the proud daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughter of Navy men, absolutely insane is putting it lightly. This type of bleeding heart, politically correct BS is what is tearing at the strength of this country and will finish it off with America on it's knees.

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ORIGINAL: luckydawg

I looked in google news and it seems fox is the only network reporting on this? Bias? Maybe there should be some double checking as I might not be correct...

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

I think the issue is more about them making false statements than them having belted him one.

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The source said the charges -- which he described as "ridiculous" -- stem not from the capture itself -- which had a high potential for violence -- but from later on, when Abed was under detention. The source said the allegations began when a master-at-arms sailor assigned to guard Abed told a SEAL's platoon commander that one of the operators had punched Abed in the stomach.