SEALs face court-martial hearing in prison abuse case

[Rose Siding]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two Navy SEALs will face court-martial proceedings for allegedly assaulting a detainee who died at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the Navy said Wednesday.
The two commandos from a Coronado-based Sea, Air, Land unit known as SEAL Team-7 also are accused of posing in photographs taken while the detainee was subjected to degrading treatment, according to court documents.

Neither of the two SEALs is charged with killing the prisoner.

Article 32 hearings, the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury, are set for Thursday and Friday at Naval Base San Diego for the two enlisted SEALs. The charges against them include aggravated assault, maltreatment, dereliction of duty and disobeying orders.

The Navy withheld the names of the two and identified them only as an aviation boatswain's mate and a hospital corpsman first class.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-10-27-navy-abuse_x.htm

[Stew225]

1. WTF! AP is criticizing Navy Seals!

They are unpatriotic traitors! You're either with us or against us! Those yellow ribbons say to support our troops! That means we shouldn't criticize them. SEALS are the most highly trained soldiers on the planet. I'm sure they had a good reason for what they did. <sarcasm to the nth power>

[Longhorn79]

2. To be precise, Delta Force are the most highly trained soldiers,

recruited from the best of the SEALS, Rangers, Green Berets, etc..