Excerpts: Jordan's first Olympic gold medal.Stun grenade attack August 19,
2016

+++SOURCE: Al Arabiya News 19Aug’16:”Jordan wins first-ever Olympic gold
medal, AS&Agence France Presse

SUBJECT: Jordan’s first Olympic gold medal

QUOTE:”Abughaush’s success was closely watched back home - much of Jordan’s
royal family stayed up to watch his historic run at the Olympics”

FULL TEXT:Ahmad Abughaush made history by winning Jordan’s first ever
Olympic medal, claiming gold in the men’s under 68kg taekwondo division in
Rio.

The 20-year-old beat Alexey Denisenko of Russia 10-6 in the final as South
Korea’s Lee Dae-hoon and Joel Gonzalez of Spain won the bronze medals.

Abughaush’s victory wrapped up a surprising day of upsets. In a nail-biting
final, Abughaush landed several jumping head shots that elicited gasps from
the audience. Abughaush beat Denisenko by a score of 10 to 6.

Abughaush’s success was closely watched back home - much of Jordan’s royal
family stayed up to watch his historic run at the Olympics. Soon after he
received his medal, he got a telephone call from the King’s brother, Prince
Feisel al Hussein, president of the country’s Olympic Committee.

Ahmad Abughaush beat Alexey Denisenko of Russia 10-6 in the final as South
Korea’s Lee Dae-hoon and Joel Gonzalez of Spain won the bronze medals.
(Reuters)

“He told me that the people of Jordan are very happy and crying tears of joy
for me,” he said. Abughaush said he was very happy to be able to win Jordan’s
first Olympic medal. He acknowledged his rather unorthodox style, saying
that while he and his coach had plotted out how to fight certain opponents,
certain moments on the mat were “improvised.”

He said he would celebrate his gold medal by going out with other Jordanians
in Rio and by singing with them.

(The Associated Press and AFP)


+++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 19 Aug.’16:”Israeli Army Raps Soldiers for
Stun Grenade attack on Palestinians”,by Agence France Presse

SUBJECT:Stun Grenade attack

QUOTE:”Stun grenades …designed to temporarily incapacitate without doing
physical harm”

FUL L TEXT:The Israeli army on Thursday[18 Aug] jailed one soldier and
sanctioned two others after they were filmed apparently dropping a stun
grenade alongside a group of seated Palestinians.

A video posted online Tuesday[16 Aug] showed an army jeep pulling up next to
the men, sitting at the roadside and smoking a water pipe in the northern
West Bank village of Kafr Laqif.

As the jeep pulls away a flash and smoke can be seen in the road and the men
scatter, apparently unharmed.

An army statement on Thursday[18Aug] referred to an investigation launched
into an "incident in Kafr Laqif" but did not give details.

"The investigation revealed that the platoon sergeant acted contrary to
Israel Defense Forces standards," it said.

"The platoon sergeant and two additional soldiers present in the vehicle
were sentenced in disciplinary proceedings by the battalion commander. The
platoon sergeant was sentenced to military jail."

A spokesperson later told AFP that the sergeant was jailed for 10 days and
the other two soldiers were confined to their base for seven days.

Stun grenades, also known as "flashbangs", produce a very loud bang and a
flash of intense light, designed to temporarily incapacitate subjects
without physical harm.

They can, however, cause injury if used improperly.

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Sue Lerner - Associate, IMRA