NY Post
"The night of Sept. 1, 2009, Echo Platoon of Navy SEAL Team 10 headed out into the Fallujah night. Their goal: concluding a five-year search for the al Qaeda killer who had been responsible for the shocking 2004 murders of four American military contractors — one of them an ex-SEAL — whose bodies were then burned, dragged through the streets and hanged from a bridge.
"This night the SEALs departed with these words from their commanding officer: “Gents, stay sharp, and expect a firefight.”
"In the event, no shots were fired, but the SEALs faced another kind of ambush: a humiliating, baffling, infuriating struggle with the military-justice system that would end with an unsatisfying victory.
"Because the man those SEALs captured — Ahmad Hashim Abd Al-Isawi, aka “the Butcher of Fallujah,” a man who lived for mayhem — somehow sustained a bloody lip on the night of his capture." ...
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"But the lip injury was the only harm found on his body, and as the al Qaeda training guide known as the “Manchester Manual” (after the English city where a copy of it was discovered) advises, detainees should “always complain of mistreatment or torture while in prison.' ” Emphasis added.
A book mentioned in the above article:
HONOR AND BETRAYAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE NAVY SEALS WHO CAPTURED THE “BUTCHER OF FALLUJAH” — AND THE SHAMEFUL ORDEAL THEY LATER ENDURED
Honor and Betrayal
Matthew McCabe (pictured) and Jonathan Keefe caught the man who butchered American contractors. Their reward? Court-martial
"The night of Sept. 1, 2009, Echo Platoon of Navy SEAL Team 10 headed out into the Fallujah night. Their goal: concluding a five-year search for the al Qaeda killer who had been responsible for the shocking 2004 murders of four American military contractors — one of them an ex-SEAL — whose bodies were then burned, dragged through the streets and hanged from a bridge.
"This night the SEALs departed with these words from their commanding officer: “Gents, stay sharp, and expect a firefight.”
"In the event, no shots were fired, but the SEALs faced another kind of ambush: a humiliating, baffling, infuriating struggle with the military-justice system that would end with an unsatisfying victory.
"Because the man those SEALs captured — Ahmad Hashim Abd Al-Isawi, aka “the Butcher of Fallujah,” a man who lived for mayhem — somehow sustained a bloody lip on the night of his capture." ...
....
"But the lip injury was the only harm found on his body, and as the al Qaeda training guide known as the “Manchester Manual” (after the English city where a copy of it was discovered) advises, detainees should “always complain of mistreatment or torture while in prison.' ” Emphasis added.
A book mentioned in the above article:
HONOR AND BETRAYAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE NAVY SEALS WHO CAPTURED THE “BUTCHER OF FALLUJAH” — AND THE SHAMEFUL ORDEAL THEY LATER ENDURED
Honor and Betrayal
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