U.S. to Keep Warplanes in Jordan, Pressing Syria

WASHINGTON — Ratcheting up the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, the United States will keep American warplanes and antimissile batteries in Jordan, officials said Saturday.

The decision, which came at the request of Jordan, means that a detachment of American F-16 warplanes and Patriot missile-defense systems would remain in Jordan after a military exercise there concludes next week. The move followed President Obama’s decision last week to send arms to Syrian rebels and came as efforts were being made on multiple fronts on Saturday to increase the pressure on the government.

In Cairo, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt announced that he was severing diplomatic relations with the Syrian government, withdrawing the Egyptian envoy from Damascus and closing the Syrian Embassy in Cairo.

In Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry renewed his efforts to persuade Iraq to curtail Iranian air shipments of arms to Syria.

American officials said Patriot missiles and F-16s would be kept in Jordan to reassure an important ally that has aligned itself with the United States in the political and military campaign against the Assad government.

The Central Intelligence Agency has been training rebels in Jordan under a covert program, and weapons that are to be sent to the opposition by the United States are expected to be funneled through Jordan, both of which might heighten the risk of Syrian retaliation, including against possible training areas.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're probably there to interdict any Israeli strike against Iran.

The Central Intelligence Agency has been training rebels in Jordan under a covert program

a former covert program this is hilarious stuff

“John Kerry renewed his efforts to persuade Iran (to play nice)”

And now they’re sending troops. Award yerself a medal, Mr. Ed.

The strategy in the Middle East is this.

In order to be able to remove Israel, all the other nations must unite. Especially the ones with lots of big firecrackers.

The Muslim Brotherhood is the means.

Unfortunately, our Federal Government is supporting them.

Yakhont and S-300 keywords newest to oldest:

Now when the Muzzies blow up US planes or a US Patriot batter with suicide bombers, they can blame Jordan and have a go at taking out yet another stable State in the region.

We’ve got a junior community organizer at work disorganizing the Middle East community. It can only get worse with little boy Obama pretending to know how to play war games.

Obama is angry that his Sunni brothers are losing in Syria, so he’s going to use US money and lives to help Alqaeda

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