[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6288]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          TWO SEALS NOT GUILTY--THIRD SHOULD BE ACQUITTED TOO

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, two of our three Navy SEALs 
responsible for catching one of the worst terrorists in the world--
Ahmed Hasim Abed--have been acquitted of all alleged assault charges 
related to the terrorist's capture.
  Abed planned the 2004 ambush and murder of four Blackwater security 
guards in Fallujah, Iraq. These Americans were set on fire, mutilated, 
dragged through the streets and hung from a bridge over the Euphrates 
River.
  Our SEALs captured this crybaby terrorist. He later accused them of 
punching him. Two SEALs have been acquitted--the other should be 
acquitted as well.
  Last week I visited the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and met 
with 10 amazing, intense midshipmen from my congressional district in 
Texas. The remarkable class of 2010 is expected to graduate over a 
thousand midshipmen, but only 27 will be selected for the SEALs 
program.
  Our SEALs are the best that we have. We are forever indebted to these 
great warriors for their service to American freedom. We should give 
the Navy SEALs that captured Abed medals and send them out there to 
capture another one.
  And that's just the way it is.

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