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The wide-ranging fallout from the Supreme Court’s new terrorism decision, explained
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The wide-ranging fallout from the Supreme Court’s new terrorism decision, explained

Vox·Ian Millhiser·about 1 month ago
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The facts underlying Hencely v. Fluor Corporation , a case the Supreme Court handed down on Wednesday, are horrible and tragic. During a 2016 Veterans Day celebration on Bagram Airfield, a US military base in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber named Ahmad Nayeb detonated an explosion that killed five people and wounded 17 more. One of the wounded was Army Specialist Winston Hencely, who confronted the bomber and attempted to question him — causing Nayeb to set off his suicide vest shortly after Hencely approached him. SCOTUS, Explained Get the latest developments on the US Supreme Court from senior correspondent Ian Millhiser. The Army believes that Hencely’s actions “ likely prevent[ed] a far greater tragedy ,” because the soldier stopped Nayeb from triggering the explosion in a location where it could have killed more people. Hencely is now permanently disabled from skull and brain injuries suffered during the bombing.…

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