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U.S. to send Patriot missiles, F-16s to Jordan for drill
Al-Arabia ^ | 3 June 2013 | Anon

Posted on 06/03/2013 9:08:24 PM PDT by BlackVeil

The United States will send a Patriot missile battery and F-16 fighters to Jordan for a drill and may keep them there to counter the threat posed by Syria’s civil war, U.S. officials said Monday.

“In order to enhance the defensive posture and capacity of Jordan ....

(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cyprus; iran; iraq; israel; jordan; lebanon; missiles; patriotmissiles; randsconcerntrolls; russia; syria; turkey; waronterror
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To: EGPWS

As Obama is one of the primary stirrers of the pot of Jihad, removal of him is a matter of survival.


21 posted on 06/04/2013 7:45:20 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: BlackVeil

Do not forget that southern Jordan is a US Economic Zone with the same status of Guam. We own it. It is our primary landing pad for the Middle East and critical to the US war effort. Without it, we would have not been able to fuel and supply the Iraq war. We have built whole cities and super freeways down there.


22 posted on 06/04/2013 7:47:04 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: BlackVeil

This drill will be conducted in two weeks. The same time as the Iranian election which might well have protests put down very violently as in 2009.


23 posted on 06/04/2013 11:11:25 AM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: BlackVeil; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks BlackVeil.
a Patriot missile battery and F-16 fighters to Jordan for a drill and may keep them there to counter the threat posed by
the recent deliveries of Russian fighters and missiles.


24 posted on 06/06/2013 4:07:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: American in Israel

“southern Jordan is a US Economic Zone with the same status of Guam.”

Can you provide more info about it ?


25 posted on 06/07/2013 12:46:07 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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