Age: 32 And then they murdered him. The Matthew Cole at the Intercept has published a major investigation detailing a long pattern ofunjustified killings, mutilations, and other atrocitiesby members of SEAL Team6. there on the ground, injured from his fall, alive and conscious. When the helicopters landed safely, the crew discovered to its horror that Roberts, the 32-year- old Navy SEAL, was missing. Source: 2002 POW NETWORK, Reuters News, FOX News. And in the story of Neil Roberts, brief though it may appear, we bear witness to one tiny piece of a massive puzzle. A third RPG followed, showering the helo with shrapnel as it detonated just ahead of them, and a fourth tore into the tails right-side turbine. criticism for the bastards who executed Neil Roberts in cold blood in After a quick discussion, the group decided that Razor 04 would take Mako 30 up to the summit, rescue Roberts, and pick up the Razor 03 crew on the return leg. This war is all about good versus evil, no matter what else you wounded, and then killed by enemy fire. limp (dead) Roberts being dragged by three men from where he fell to The crew chief reported a donkey positioned at 3 oclock right at the tree line, but that wasnt the strangest sight. As the legend of SEAL Team 6 grew, a rogue culture arose that operated outside of the Navys established mechanisms for command and investigation. Happy Birthday to Petty Officer First Class Neil C. Roberts, United States Navy SEAL, born this day in 1969. was special," 32-year-old Neil Roberts wrote. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr., deputy director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Pentagon briefing. The man who had looked up over the berm reappeared approximately 25 yards away with an RPG, and he launched it directly at the helo. Not a single word. Apparently they SEAL officer has been totally truthful when discussing combat events The aircraft landed. while fighting against the soldiers who liberated Afghanistan. at? The Most of them was killed in action, and that he was not taken alive. severely, unmercifully. Multiple accounts have been pieced together in an attempt to figure out what happened when Neil Roberts fell from Razor 03. The chopper's crew reported the presence of a heavy machine gun about 50 yards off the nose of the aircraft. This content was created by a Daily Kos Community member. Before he left for Afghanistan, Navy SEAL Neil C. Before he left for Afghanistan, Navy SEAL Neil C. Business. Razor 01 on Roberts Ridge 3/4/2002 (photo: Eric Stebner). cells waiting for their lunch. An AC-130 gunship was already in place and, because other aircraft would not arrive until well after dawn, its pilot disobeyed standing orders that called for gunships to leave before sunrise. Just a small fraction of the seas thermal energy could power the world, if we could only harness it. We know theyre there, and every so often evidence of their work is splashed across the news the killings of Musab al-Zarqawi and Osama Bin Laden, the rescue of the Maersk Alabama crew. men," said Maj. Enemy combatants manhandled his body and THE ELITE squad of US Navy SEALs who took out 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden have been accused of being a rogue outfit that carriedout a string of sickening war crimes. Cuba. Once the footage was received by commanders, SEAL Team Six was scrambled onto two helicopters to intercept him but the report says the operation did not go to plan. Roberts had been sure the helo would return for him (as he was Although his actions were It supposedly led to one member of the unit during another operation taking literally his commander Slabinski's phrase that he "wanted a head on a platter". In all, seven U.S. servicemembers were killed in what proved to be the