[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 29895]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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         THE ``TREAT TERRORISTS NICE GANG'' AND THE NAVY SEALS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, Navy SEALs were in court yesterday 
accused of punching a terrorist. The SEALs are Matthew McCabe, Jonathan 
Keefe, and Julio Huertas. In a nighttime raid last September, they were 
part of SEAL Team 10 that captured the most wanted terrorist in Iraq.
  Ahmed Hashim Abed planned the barbaric ambush of four Blackwater 
security guards in 2004. Madam Speaker, the Americans were murdered. 
They were drug through the streets, mutilated, burned, and hung from a 
bridge in Fallujah. During the public executions, our enemies cheered 
in front of news cameras. Abed didn't say he was allegedly assaulted 
until he was turned over to Iraqi authorities, however. The al Qaeda 
manual tells members when captured to complain of torture and 
mistreatment; it doesn't matter if it's true or not. And besides 
killing, these folks lie. Now SEALs are being court-martialed on the 
word of a braggadocios murderer.
  Al Qaeda has learned to play the ``Treat Terrorists Nice Gang'' like 
useful misfits. One word from a killer and the accusers become the 
accused. The military should try the terrorist for murder and give the 
SEALs medals for capturing him.
  And that's just the way it is.

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