After Nabbing Terrorist, Navy SEALs Face Assault Rap

Iraqi accused in '04 incident got bloody lip from US captors
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 24, 2009 8:33 PM CST
After Nabbing Terrorist, Navy SEALs Face Assault Rap
Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as charred and mutilated bodies of US contractors hang from a bridge in Fallujah, March 31, 2004.   (AP Photo)

After capturing one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq, three of the Navy SEALs involved in the operation now face assault charges for giving Ahmed Hashim Abed a bloody lip, military sources tell Fox News. Abed is said to have masterminded the 2004 murder and public mutilation of four Blackwater private security guards in Fallujah.
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