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The families\u2019 letters state that Tamimi has \u201clived freely in Jordan since her release.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. requests for her extradition have been denied by Jordan, which claims its 1995 extradition treaty with the U.S. is invalid because it was never ratified by Jordanian parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope this time that our representatives in Congress will be on the proactive and right side of history and not waiting for another mass killing to take action,\u201d Cindy Lewellen, mother of Matthew Lewellen, told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial claims from the Jordanian government about the three soldiers who were killed stated that they were not complying with entry procedures and that the Americans had fired first, negligently discharging a firearm in one of their vehicles. At trial, al-Tawayha testified that he was startled by a loud noise and believed the base was under attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army investigators stated in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socom.mil\/FOIA\/Documents\/USSOCOM%20Jordan%2015-6%20%20For%20Public%20Release%20%28Redacted%29%20Final%20-%207%20MAR%2017.pdf\">82-page report<\/a> that there was no evidence that the U.S. soldiers were not complying with entry procedures or that they fired first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe facts seem to indicate that there wasn\u2019t anyone else there who thought they were under attack until he (al-Tawayha) started shooting,\u201d Brian McEnroe, father of Kevin McEnroe, told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McEnroe believes that al-Tawayha was following orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think that the king or someone in the king\u2019s chain of command, ordered the killing of some Americans, and I don\u2019t think that we have the truth right now and I don\u2019t know that we\u2019ll ever get it,\u201d McEnroe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James R. 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You can see my son and the survivor attempting to communicate with him in Arabic, \u2018we\u2019re friends, we\u2019re Americans,\u2019\u201d Moriarty told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parents of the other soldiers agreed; the killing was targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s obvious that he set out to murder our Special Forces,\u201d said Lewellen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to petitioning Congress for action, the families of the fallen soldiers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/11\/19\/families-of-slain-green-berets-file-lawsuit-against-kingdom-of-jordan\/\" target=_blank>filed a lawsuit<\/a> in 2018 against Jordan\u2019s royal family in a search for answers and monetary damages. 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