MILITARY COLLEGE BASKETBALL VIDEO GAMES Court-martial in limbo International influence Kansas City star over judge’s relationship on No. 2 Gonzaga’s Mahomes defied with prosecutor’s wife roster remains strong ‘Madden Curse’ Page 3 Back page Page 11 Iraq and Russia meet to discuss deepening military coordination » Page 5 Volume 78, No. 210A ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas VIRUS OUTBREAK DEEPENING IMPACT Death of whistleblower doctor in China triggers national backlash over freedom of speech Page 7 People lay flowers Quarantined on US bases, evacuees resort at a memorial for Dr. Li Wenliang, who to Zumba, boxing, chalk art and waiting Page 6 was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus, following his death in Wuhan, China, Pentagon identifies US military installations on Friday. near major airports for virus quarantine Page 6 CHINATOPIX / AP Trump says US operation killed al-Qaida leader in Yemen BY DEB RIECHMANN dangerous branch for its attempts to carry 6 shooting at the base. He called the shoot- had jihadist or anti-American sentiments Associated Press out attacks on the U.S. mainland. Trump er, Saudi Air Force officer Mohammed on social media pages or had “contact with said the U.S. and its allies are safer as a re- Alshamrani, a “courageous knight” and a child pornography,” including in internet President Donald Trump said Thursday sult of his death. “hero.” The shooter opened fire inside a chat rooms. that the U.S. at his direction has conducted “We will continue to protect the Ameri- classroom at the base, killing three people Trump’s announcement confirmed a counterterrorism operation in Yemen can people by tracking down and elimi- and wounding two sheriff’s deputies before earlier indications that al-Rimi had been that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida nating terrorists who seek to do us harm,” one of the deputies killed him. Eight others killed. In late January, a suspected U.S. leader who claimed responsibility for last Trump said. also were hurt. year’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station While Trump confirmed reports that al- The shooting focused public attention drone strike destroyed a building housing Pensacola, where a Saudi aviation trainee Rimi had been killed, he did not say when on the presence of foreign students in al-Qaida militants in eastern Yemen. Also, killed three American sailors. the U.S. operation was conducted or offer American military training programs and on Feb. 1, Trump retweeted several other Al-Rimi is a founder of al-Qaida in the any details about how it was carried out. exposed shortcomings in the screening of tweets and media reports that seemed Arabian Peninsula. The affiliate has long Al-Rimi had said in an 18-minute video cadets. In January, the U.S. sent home 21 to offer confirmation that the strike had been considered the global network’s most that his group was responsible for the Dec. Saudi military students, saying the trainees killed al-Rimi. PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, February 8, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES US employers add a strong 225K jobs in January Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ........................... 0.9744 Euro costs (Feb. 10) ..........................$1.1247 Thailand (Baht) .................................... 31.34 Dollar buys (Feb. 10).........................€0.8891 Turkey (New Lira) ..............................6.0369 British pound (Feb. 10) ........................$1.33 Associated Press boosted the jobless rate to 3.6%, played a role in strengthening job (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Feb. 10) ...................... 107.00 available to customers at military banking from a half-century low of 3.5% gains, with construction compa- South Korean won (Feb. 10) ..........1,156.00 Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance WASHINGTON — Hiring for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the in December. nies adding 44,000 jobs in Janu- Bahrain (Dinar) ...................................0.3770 jumped at the beginning of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ....................................$1.2952 The report suggested that ary, the most since last year. nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., year as U.S. employers added Canada (Dollar) ..................................1.3313 purchasing British pounds in Germany), businesses remain confident in Manufacturers shed jobs for the China (Yuan) ....................................... 7.0002 225,000 jobs, bolstering an econo- check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ...............................6.8106 the economy, with the pace of third time in four months, cutting facility. Commercial rates are interbank my that faces threats from China’s Egypt (Pound) ...................................15.7602 rates provided for reference when buying viral outbreak, an ongoing trade job growth accelerating from a 12,000 positions, mostly because Euro ........................................$1.0970/0.9116 year ago. Solid consumer spend- of layoffs in auto plants. Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................7.7648 currency. All figures are foreign currencies war and struggles at Boeing. to one dollar, except for the British pound, ing is offsetting drags from the On Friday, the government also Hungary (Forint) ................................309.02 The Labor Department also Israel (Shekel) ....................................3.4273 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, said Friday that a half-million trade war and declining business issued its annual revisions of esti- Japan (Yen) ..........................................109.58 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) investment. mated job growth. Kuwait (Dinar) ....................................0.3042 people streamed into the job Norway (Krone) ..................................9.2913 INTEREST RATES market in January, though not Still, hourly pay is up just 3.1% The revisions showed that Philippines (Peso) ................................50.95 Prime rate ................................................4.75 all of them found jobs. That in- from a year earlier, below a peak hiring was slower in 2018 and Poland (Zloty) .........................................3.90 Discount rate ..........................................2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ..........................3.7510 Federal funds market rate ...................1.59 flux meant more people were of 3.5% reached last fall. early last year than previously Singapore (Dollar) .............................1.3911 3-month bill .............................................1.53 counted as unemployed, and it Unusually warm weather likely estimated. South Korea (Won) ..........................1195.32 30-year bond ........................................... 2.11 WEATHER OUTLOOK SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY IN EUROPE SUNDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 23/19 Kabul 48/25 Seoul 34/23 Baghdad 64/52 Kandahar 58/32 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 43/20 38/29 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 55/44 38/33 41/28 Iwakuni 43/37 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 71/65 Brussels 41/30 Guam 73/58 47/42 Ramstein 46/41 82/78 Lajes, 43/28 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 82/64 78/66 61/57 43/27 39/29 Aviano/ Vicenza 50/32 Naples 53/38 Okinawa Morón 63/59 59/53 Sigonella Rota 55/30 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 82/69 60/46 51/47 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Comics ...................... 16 Crossword ................. 16 Gadgets ..................... 11 Music ....................12-13 Opinion ..................... 15 Sports ...................17-24 Saturday, February 8, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Relationship puts court-martial in limbo BY STEVE BEYNON cate who was prosecuting Staff Sgt. Tony the courthouse deliberation room to study contained information her husband should Stars and Stripes Springer, who was convicted on two counts for her master’s degree, according to court not know as an attorney practicing before of assault was in December 2017. documents. Henry. WASHINGTON — An Army staff ser- Springer was bumped down in rank to “The only way to remedy … Henry’s fail- In the same month, Capt. AC reported geant convicted for assault could get a new E4, which also impacts pay, and received a ure to disqualify himself in this case is to the relationship to his change of command, court-martial after the judge overseeing bad conduct discharge. set aside the findings and the sentence and which lead to the removal of Henry from his case was discovered to have had an “in- authorize a rehearing,” the appeals court The appeals court found Henry’s rela- the bench the same month. timate relationship” with the lead prosecu- tionship with the prosecutor’s wife, iden- opinion states. The appeals court said Henry likely tor’s wife, according to court documents. tified in court documents as “Mrs. KC,” “The texting would occur at all hours, to knew the relationship was inappropriate The Army Court of Criminal Appeals, made the appearance of impartiality include well into the night after Capt. AC an eight-judge panel, unanimously ruled impossible. The opinion does not say ex- [the prosecutor] and Mrs. KC retired to given his position as a military judge and Army Lt. Col. Richard Henry, a married plicitly the relationship was sexual. How- bed,” court documents read. he should have disclosed the “intimate” re- Fort Benning, Ga., military judge, was ever, since the two met in October