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Jordan court upholds life term for killing of 3 US troops

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Protesters in the southern Jordanian town of al-Jafr stage a sit-in Tuesday, July 18, 2017, following the conviction of a local soldier a day earlier in the shooting deaths of three U.S. military trainers. One banner reads: “We will continue the civil disobedience until justice is brought to the hero. The U.S. troops were killed in November at the gate to the al-Jafr air base when their convoy came under fire. (AP Photo/Reem Saad)

Protests over conviction of Jordanian in US troop deaths

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Cynthia, right, 53, and Charles Lewellen, 53, speak during an interview in Amman, Jordan on Monday, July 10, 2017 after attending a hearing in the trial into the killing of their son Staff Sgt. Matthew Lewellen on Nov. 4, 2016 at a Jordanian air base along with two other American Green Berets. The bereaved parents are disappointed in the military judge's refusal to make public a surveillance video from the incident as well as testimony from an American special forces operator at the scene. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

Jordan court to rule Monday in killings of 3 US troops

By REEM SAAD - Associated Press

FILE -- In this June 17, 2017 file photo, Brian McEnroe, the father of fallen U.S. Green Beret Kevin McEnroe, displays a memorial dog tag depicting his fallen son, in Amman, Jordan. First Sgt. Marik al-Tuwayha, the Jordanian soldier charged with killing three U.S. Army Green Berets including McEnroe, in November 2016, told a military court Tuesday, July 4, 2017, that he opened fire because he thought fellow Jordanian troops had come under attack. Al-Tuwayha said he felt no resentment toward Americans and that he had joked and chatted with the U.S. trainers before the incident. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

Jordan soldier says he fired at US troops in fear of attack

By REEM SAAD - Associated Press