Pilot Majdi al-Samdi is reported to have said to his commanders,”I was trained as a pilot not to cooperate with Israel, but to fight it.”
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A Jordanian pilot reportedly been discharged from the Hashemite kingdom’s air force after he refused to visit Israel as part of a joint military venture between the two neighboring countries.
An honor guard marches at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan. – Photo: REUTERS
Social media users on the east bank of the Jordan were outraged on Wednesday after hearing the news that Majdi al-Samdi, a pilot in the Royal Jordanian Air Force, was dismissed from active duty by his commanders after notifying them that he would not be participating in a military delegation to Israel. Continue Reading »
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