The photo was originally posted on the king’s official Instagram account in June 2014. The caption reads, “His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces.” The same photo, cropped slightly, was posted on the official Facebook account, with a somewhat misleading caption.
The cropped photo and new caption were posted on February 3, two days before airstrikes began:
“His Majesty King Abdullah II, The Supreme Commander of Jordanian Armed Forces, cuts short his visit to the United States of America after the martyrdom of Muath Al Kasasbeh.”
A second photo of the king in a cockpit of a plane is actually a still from a promotional video about the king’s charity work from October 2014. The video shows the king taking three boys to a hospital for cancer treatment. At about 2 minutes and 11 seconds, Abdullah gives the kids the thumbs up from the cockpit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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