AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A military court convicted a Jordanian soldier Monday of killing three U.S. military trainers at a Jordanian air base and sentenced him to life in prison with hard labor.
The defendant, who had pleaded “not guilty,” has said he opened fire because he feared the base was coming under attack.
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