2/21/2024 Breaking: stunning verdict reached in war crimes trial of navy seal eddie gallagherRead Now![]() There was no autopsy done because his body was left there and then dumped in a mass grave with other ISIS dead. ![]() The military has kept court records sealed. Amid months and months of coverage of the trial, the Iraqi teenager at the center of it was almost never talked about, his name never released. The Navy SEAL who said he killed him was under immunity and walked free. Then President Trump pardoned Gallagher of his sole conviction of posing with a dead body. I want to go to.ĪRRAF: Eddie Gallagher was acquitted in the military trial after one of his men confessed to killing the prisoner himself. There's a verdict now in the trial of a Navy SEAL accused of murder in the stabbing of an ISIS detainee. UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: CNN breaking news. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER") Iraqi forces handed him over to Navy SEAL medics to treat him. And he says his father beat him to try to prevent him from joining. KHALED JAMAL ABDULLAH: (Non-English language spoken).ĪRRAF: He says he joined ISIS because they praised him. And he's so thin, his arms are like sticks. JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: This is an Iraqi state TV interview with the wounded ISIS fighter at the center of the Gallagher trial. UNIDENTIFIED INTERVIEWER: (Non-English language spoken). Here's Jane Arraf with her exclusive reporting. Their work led them to a village in Iraq and to grieving parents. NPR's Jane Arraf and producer Sangar Khaleel spent months trying to learn what was missing from this story, the young man's name and why he joined ISIS. Gallagher was acquitted of murder but convicted of posing with the teenager's body for a photo, for which he received a pardon from President Trump. ![]() When former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher went on trial for war crimes last year, all we knew about Gallagher's alleged victim was that he was around 17 years old and a fighter for ISIS. NPR has identified the fighter with the help of Iraqi officials and the teenager's family. court proceedings, and the records are sealed. The name of the young ISIS fighter was not revealed in U.S. ![]()
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