Prosecutors accused the medic, Special Operator First Class Corey Scott, of changing his story under oath. In a stunning setback to the government’s case last week, a Navy SEAL medic testifying for prosecutors asserted it was he, not Gallagher, who caused the Iraqi detainee’s death by blocking the youth’s breathing tube in what he described as a mercy killing. He also is charged with attempted murder in the wounding of two civilians, a school girl and an elderly man, shot from a sniper’s perch. Gallagher is charged with premeditated murder of a wounded, teenage Islamic State fighter in his custody by stabbing the youth in the neck with a knife. The Navy opened its investigation in September 2018, about a year after Gallagher and the platoon he led returned from Iraq. The war crimes case stems from his 2017 deployment in Mosul, Iraq. The judge later released Gallagher from custody altogether while the proceedings remained under way. Naval Base San Diego, has drawn the attention of President Donald Trump, who intervened months ago to ease the conditions of Gallagher’s pretrial confinement. The high-profile court-martial, conducted at U.S. Gallagher, a decorated career combat veteran, has denied all charges and says he is wrongly accused. Master Chief Petty Officer Brian Alazzawi, the first defense witness called to the stand in the trial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, also described how one of the main accusers in the case had seemed to harbor a grudge against Gallagher. The immediate superior of a Navy SEAL standing trial charged with murdering a helpless Iraqi prisoner and shooting unarmed civilians testified Wednesday he had complete confidence in the defendant’s combat tactics and decision-making.
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