Green Beret Charged with Murder After Killing Taliban Bomb-Maker in Afghanistan – Could Get Death Penalty (Video)
by Jim Hoft
TheGatewayPundit.com
December 14, 2018
The US Army charged Special Forces Maj. Matthew Golsteyn with premeditated murder and he could face the death penalty for killing a Taliban bomb-maker in Afghanistan.
The Army reopened an investigation on Major Matthew Golsteyn after a FOX News interview with Bret Baier.
The Taliban bomb-maker allegedly built a bomb that killed two US Marines.
Major Matthew Golsteyn could face the death penalty.
He is a Green Beret.
The Daily Caller reported:
“The U.S. Army charged a Fort Bragg Green Beret with allegedly murdering a man who he suspected was a bomb maker for the Taliban.
Special Forces Maj. Matthew Golsteyn was charged with allegedly shooting and killing the suspected bomb maker in 2010, Task and Purpose reported Thursday. He was deployed with the 3rd Special Forces Group at the time of the alleged incident, according to Army Times.
Golsteyn has been charged with premeditated murder and could face the death penalty, Golsteyn’s attorney, Phillip Stackhouse, told the Times.
“Maj. Golsteyn is being charged with the murder of an Afghan male during his 2010 deployment to Afghanistan,” U.S. Army Special Operations Command spokesman Lt. Col. Loren Bymer told Task and Purpose Thursday.
Golsteyn is a “humble servant-leader who saved countless lives, both American and Afghan, and has been recognized repeatedly for his valorous actions,” Stackhouse said of his client, the Times reported. (RELATED: Green Beret Caught Allegedly Sneaking 90 Lbs Of Cocaine Into The US)
The Army revoked Golsteyn’s Silver Star in February 2015, pending an investigation into whether he killed the alleged Taliban bomb maker while serving in Afghanistan, according to The Fayetteville Observer.
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