- Title: JORDAN: KING HUSSEIN COMPETES WITH TROOPS IN SHOOTING PRACTICE.
- Date: 7th May 1970
- Summary: 1. CU Hussein greeted by commander and officers 0.04 2. SV Hussein running with troops to firing position 0.12 3. CU Hussein firing automatic rifle 0.16 4. LV PAN target 0.17 5. LV soldiers firing sub-machine guns from standing position 0.22 6. BV troops and targets 0.25 7. CU PAN targets and party walking to examine them 0.28 8. CU Hussein examining target (2 shots) 0.36 9. SV Crown Prince Hassan arriving and saluting 0.43 10. SV Crown Prince and King Hussein shake hands 0.46 11. LV line of soldiers firing pistols 0.51 12. CU King Hussein with pistol 0.56 13. SV & CU Hussein firing pistol 1.02 14. SV PAN Zeid Rifai firing 1.05 15. CU targets 1.18 16. CU Zeid Rifai and King Hussein examine targets 1.14 17. SV King Hussein being handed drink (2 shots) 1.26 Initials AH/VS/JH/ES AH/VS/JH/BJ Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 22nd May 1970 13:00
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- Location: NEAR AMMAN, JORDAN
- Country: Jordan
- Reuters ID: LVA2OJEMKANGZ88L06ZYS1RBU3SJ
- Story Text: A routine visit by King Hussein to a weapons training camp took a competitive turn when the Jordanian leader challenged officers to shoot against him in target practice. It happened on Tuesday (May 5) at a desert firing range near Amman.
Crown Prince Hassan and the Chief of the Royal Court Zeid Rifai, who accompanied the King on the visit, also took part in the impromptu shooting contest.
One of the King's purposes for the visit was to test at first hand the weapons used by his troops and to sound out opinions as to their effectiveness from his officers.
The shooting contest happened after the king had tested automatic rifles and watched soldiers training with sub-machine guns. The King challenged officers to compete with him in testing their skill with pistols. The King was reported to have hit his target with every shot.
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