324:(FBI) opened an investigation into the cause of the shooting. Initially, the Jordanian military attributed the cause of the shooting to a case of friendly fire and insisted the US convoy did not heed orders from the Jordanian guard to stop. The American investigation stated that the shooting appeared to be deliberate. The FBI has investigated the Jordanian guard for links to religious extremism and/or ISIS, though no links have been found. After reviewing video footage, the Jordanian military and King
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207:(MNNA) status, a designation that, among other things, makes Jordan eligible to receive excess U.S. defense articles, training, and loans of equipment for cooperative research and development. Beginning in 2013, Jordan has also become a popular locale for U.S. training of groups such as Iraqi government troops and
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Because of the lack of perceived threat and Jordan's status as an
American ally, the US service members were traveling in unarmored vehicles, not wearing body armor and only carrying sidearms. The intelligence report on the incident recommends US forces in the future use armored vehicles and carry at
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who were stationed at the base were deliberately killed by a
Jordanian soldier who was guarding the base's entrance. The American soldiers had been returning from a training exercise in a convoy when they were fired upon by First Sergeant Marik al-Tuwayha at a vehicle checkpoint resulting in a
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since it was not required to outside of some specified training which contributed to the devastating losses suffered in the shooting. Corporal al-Tuwayha was wearing body armor and was using a rifle while the
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Corporal al-Tuwayha to cease fire to no avail. Corporal al-Tuwayha then advanced on the other Americans in the convoy, firing on them as he did so. The two remaining Americans sought cover and returned fire.
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Al-Tuwayha was convicted of murder in a
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The incident marked the second time in less than a year that
American trainers had been killed in Jordan and caused a dispute between the governments of the
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The defendant, 1st Sgt. Marik al-Tuwayha, allegedly opened fire on the convoy as it waited to enter the base, killing the U.S. Army Green Berets.
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bases are most often used in the training of selected fighters. One of these bases included King Faisal Air Base, located on the outskirts of
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agreed that the US convoy complied with "established procedures at the base" and that the soldiers "did nothing to instigate the attack".
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while also raising questions of what role U.S. soldiers were playing in Jordan. The
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The three victims of the King Faisal Air Base shooting from left to right: SSG Matthew
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unimpeded. As the second vehicle approached to enter a
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tribe. After a month-long trial, al-Tuwayha was sentenced to life in prison with hard labor in July 2017.
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but later died of their wounds. Corporal al-Tuwayha was severely injured and placed in an
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Matthew Lewellen. The other Americans in the following vehicles shouted in both
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for personal protection. Two of the Americans in the attack were
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