A military judge presiding over the court-martial of a decorated Navy SEAL leader alleged to have killed an injured ISIS prisoner of war in Iraq dropped two of the charges that had been facing him. Special Operations Chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher will no longer face trial for allegedly performing a re-enlistment ceremony next to the corpse of the teenage militant or for operating a drone over it, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. “We are grateful that these two character-smearing accusations won’t be a part of the trial,” Colby Vokey, one of Gallagher's attorneys, told the newspaper. SEAN GALLAGHER ASKS NAVY TO SEE THE 'ERROR OF THEIR WAYS'Despite the legal win, Gallagher is still facing the two more serious charges -- premeditated murder and aggravated assault. The 39-year-old married father of three has remained jailed in a Navy brig in California as he waits for his trial to begin on Feb. 19.

Source: Fox News February 05, 2019 16:52 UTC