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Wednesday’s testimony followed an effort by Tim Parlatore, Gallagher’s lead defense attorney, to get the case against his client dismissed after the prosecution wrapped up its presentation on Tuesday. Jacob Portier, and was assured the issues were just “platoon stuff.”Īlazzawi said he spoke later, in October 2017, with Special Operator Craig Miller, who was emotional when he told him about Gallagher stabbing the teen ISIS fighter and other allegations of Gallagher shooting at two non-combatants. “I could tell something was wrong.”Īlazzawi, who testified under a grant of immunity, said he spoke with Gallagher and Lt. “I sensed some discord from the guys,” he told a Navy prosecutor in the San Diego courtroom. In cross-examination, Alazzawi, a 25-year veteran with 20 years in the SEALs, said though he viewed the Mosul deployment as successful, he became aware that the platoon had concerns after their return.

In early testimony, Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer Brian Alazzawi, Gallagher’s superior, confirmed he had been made aware of allegations against Gallagher in October 2017, but said the potential war crimes weren’t reported up the chain of command until April 2018, when an investigation into Gallagher’s alleged behavior was initiated. platoon’s outpost and that the detainee appeared to have died from grave combat wounds, not from any mistreatment.NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO - Two Marines and two Navy SEALs took the stand Wednesday, June 26, as the defense team began presenting its case in the court-martial of Navy SEAL Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, who is accused of the premeditated murder of a 15-year-old ISIS fighter and other war crimes during a deployment to Mosul in 2017. Kirylo said he was also present during the entire time the captured Iraqi fighter was alive at the U.S. intelligence officer for Gallagher’s platoon and took the witness stand after the presentation of Jubouri’s testimony. His account was echoed by Marine Staff Sergeant Giorgio Kirylo, who was the U.S. They did their best to get him to survive,” Jubouri testified in broken English. REUTERS/Mike BlakeĪ sworn deposition of Major General Abbas al-Jubouri, videotaped in San Diego earlier this month, was played for the seven-member jury on the second day of defense testimony in the court-martial of Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher.Ĭontrary to prior testimony that Gallagher, or a medic on his team, had acted deliberately to cause the death of a helpless Islamic State fighter in their custody, Jubouri said the Navy SEALs did all they could to save the teenager’s life. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher arrives at court for the start of his court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California, U.S., June 18, 2019.