[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        NAVY SEAL MATTHEW McCABE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the court-martial of Navy SEAL 
Matthew McCabe for assault started yesterday in Norfolk, Virginia. This 
relentless American caught one of the worst terrorists in the world, 
Ahmed Abed, a terrorist who massacred and mutilated four Americans in 
Fallujah. However, Abed accused Petty Officer McCabe of poking him in 
the tummy once he was captured. Two other Navy SEALs were acquitted in 
trials last month of these false charges.
  It's not like we don't know the terrorists are going to lie about 
being roughed up when they are caught. You see, the al-Qaeda training 
manual instructs terrorists to allege brutality when captured because 
it is the U.S. policy to take warriors off the battlefield until such 
accusations are resolved.
  So we have three Navy SEALs sitting on the sidelines for over 6 
months waiting. Meanwhile, news reports say Abed is set to be executed 
by the Iraqi Government for crimes committed against his own people.
  Madam Speaker, our priorities are backwards. Abed needs to be tried 
and executed for his crimes rather than our government paying attention 
to his whining about his capture.
  And that's just the way it is.

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