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Source: NY Times
Newly released video of the killing of three American Special Forces soldiers in November at the gate of a military base in Jordan shows that the episode, which was initially explained as a split-second mistake by a Jordanian guard firing on Americans who failed to stop, was actually a six-minute gun battle where Americans crouched behind barriers and repeatedly waved their hands in surrender as the gunman closed in and killed them.
The footage, which was made public on Monday by the Jordanian military, contradicts statements Jordanian officials initially made saying that the Americans had failed to stop at the gate, or that the accidental discharge of an American weapon sparked the shooting.
The video makes it clear that the gunman, Maarik al-Tawayha, a Jordanian Air Force sergeant, deliberately fired at two of the soldiers.
Sergeant Tawayha, who was wounded in the gunfight, was sentenced last week to life in prison for the killing of Staff Sgt. Matthew C. Lewellen, 27, of Kirksville, Mo.; Staff Sgt. Kevin J. McEnroe, 30, of Tucson; and Staff Sgt. James F. Moriarty, 27, of Kerrville, Tex.
The verdict sparked street protests among members of Sergeant Tawayhas influential tribe, the Howeitat, who said he had acted within the rules of engagement and was being punished to placate a powerful ally. According to the Jordanian news media, the authorities responded with arrests and what the tribe says were intentional internet blackouts to limit spread of news of the protests, but the tribe has continued to press for a new trial.
James R. Moriarty, a Houston lawyer and the father of Sergeant Moriarty, said Monday that he was briefed by the F.B.I., which told him the video was released by Jordanian authorities to defuse protests and keep Sergeant Tawayha from being extolled as a martyr.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/us/video-shows-us-soldiers-surrendering-before-fatal-shooting-in-jordan.html
This story has been 'pushed off to the side' by all the other events of today.
The soldier from Jordan that murdered 7 Israeli schoolgirls in cold blood back in 1997 served 20 years of his 'life' sentence was released still unrepentant to a 'welcoming celebration' recently. This guy probably won't serve a 'life' sentence either for murdering 3 US soldiers as he has support from a significant tribe in Jordan that regards him as just 'doing his job'.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/world/middleeast/israel-jordan-ahmad-daghamseh-island-of-peace-massacre.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/world/middleeast/jordan-killing-us-soldiers.html
"OUT OF BREATH" follows a group of volunteers who travel to North Korea to help those with TB.
"OUT OF BREATH" follows a small group of international volunteers who travel to North Korea every 6 months. They work side by side with North Korean doctors to fight the spread of a deadly infectious disease called multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Each visit, the volunteers deliver medicine and check progress, but the heavy lift of treating and caring for the patients is left to the North Korean medical staff. Working together under difficult conditions, the volunteers and North Koreans have forged unexpected bonds and achieved something incredible - one of the highest MDR-TB cure rates in the world.
I saw this last night on NHK (Japanese TV Network). It is available on the web until July 16th.
It is eye-opening to see real North Korean medical staff working with a international non-profit to cure people with multi-drug resistant TB.
You should watch this very good look at real people in North Korea before NHK removes it from the web - for some reason they never leave their programs up there very long. I guarantee that you won't be disappointed with this program - politics is pushed off to the side and both sides are just interested in helping cure these very sick people with hard to treat conditions.
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[link:https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/vod/lens/20170703/|
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