Disturbing Video Shows Shooting of US Soldiers

After three US soldiers were shot and killed in Jordan in November, the country offered this explanation: A Jordanian guard had opened fire on the American Special Forces soldiers when they failed to stop at the gate of a military base. 

That claim, however, was subsequently withdrawn, per the AP, and a newly released video shows why. 

The six-minute security video released by the Jordanian military on Monday shows a four-vehicle convoy carrying American soldiers stopping at the gate to the al-Jafr base in southern Jordan, then two soldiers attempting to take cover as Jordanian Air Force Sgt. Ma'arik al-Tawayha pursues and fires at them, even as they wave their arms in surrender, reports the New York Times.

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