Congressman says he took photo with enemy corpse during military service
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter shown leaving court in San Diego in December. By Eli Rosenberg Eli Rosenberg General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 27 at 5:19 PM Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, a Republican from California, told a town hall audience Saturday that he took a picture of himself with a dead combatant during his military service, according to local media outlets — a potential violation of the United States’ rules of warfare.
Hunter, who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan when he was on active duty , said he had taken pictures “just like that when I was overseas,” according to the Times. Hunter said he did not text or post the images. “The respectful treatment of the dead is one of the oldest rules in the law of war,” the manual reads. “Enemy military dead must be protected from disrespectful or degrading acts . . . posing with bodies for photographs or leaving a ‘calling card’ on a body are also inconsistent with the respectful treatment of the dead.”Hunter did not respond to a request for comment sent to two staffers.
Trump tweeted approvingly of Gallagher in March, announcing that he would be more amenable to a less restrictive confinement as Gallagher awaited trial, and saying it was “in honor of his past service to our Country.”
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