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What is Tower 22 – the secret US base at centre of Iran-backed drone attacks?
The Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | January 29th, 2024 | Our Foreign Staff

Posted on 01/29/2024 8:29:45 AM PST by Mariner

Overlooking a refugee camp housing 15,000 people in northern Jordan, the secret outpost of Tower 22, on the border with Iraq and Syria, has long been strategically important to the US.

Little is publicly known about the military base, but its location just 12 miles from the better-known Al-Tanf US garrison in south-eastern Syria suggests it provides logistical support – as well as border security for Jordan.

Officially, the Jordanian government does not acknowledge Tower 22’s existence. Yet Al-Tanf has been a key US base in the fight against the remnants of Islamic State (IS) in the region and has been repeatedly targeted by militia groups. Until Sunday’s drone attack, Tower 22 had not warranted the same attention.

The killing of three US service personnel has changed that status – even though a Jordanian official claimed publicly that it happened in Syria – and dragged the fight with Iran-backed militants in Syria and Iraq across the border into Jordan.

As well as being just across the border from Tower 22, Al-Tanf garrison is also located on a vital road in south-eastern Syria that can link Iranian-backed forces from Tehran all the way to southern Lebanon – and Israel’s doorstep.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Iran; Jordon; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; jordan; jordannotjordon; sittingducks
Hundreds in Jordan.

Thousands in Iraq and Syria.

Hubris on a grand scale.

As Rand Paul said: “The American people have had enough of endless wars in the Middle East,” said Mr Paul at the time. “Yet, 900 US troops remain in Syria with no vital US interest at stake, no definition of victory, no exit strategy and no congressional authorisation to be there.”

1 posted on 01/29/2024 8:29:45 AM PST by Mariner
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To: Mariner

Why does Jordan need the US providing border security. Last I heard Jordan has a very proficient military. Pound for pound only the IDF is better.


2 posted on 01/29/2024 8:34:50 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: Mariner

I count 15 possible additional bases in that area….. most along the border with Iran.


3 posted on 01/29/2024 8:42:52 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: Mariner

Our “vital interest” is to make the world safe for perverts.

I am not kidding.

Just read what the administration and DOD says—and believe what you read.


4 posted on 01/29/2024 8:47:03 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

Tower 22 is recognizable as the building with the rainbow flag of perversion flying above it.


5 posted on 01/29/2024 8:49:52 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: cgbg
Our “vital interest” is to make the world safe for perverts.

We are the (neo) Marxist hegemon now. The new, globohomo comintern is based in Washington DC

6 posted on 01/29/2024 8:51:29 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Mariner
The killing of three US service personnel has changed that status -- even though a Jordanian official claimed publicly that it happened in Syria ...

I'm going to start keeping track of how many dopey -- or outright duplicitous -- Freepers publicly buy into the "Remember the Maine," Gulf of Tonkin, and "weapons of mass destruction" bullsh!t our government has been peddling for our entire lifetimes.

7 posted on 01/29/2024 8:56:13 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: xkaydet65

They are there to carry out the Neocon Globalist World Order plan I say they are a buffer to keep Israel from going after Iran all out.

The US still committed to Vietnam style limited war IMHO.


8 posted on 01/29/2024 9:12:45 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Mariner; All

Interesting. Thanks for posting.


9 posted on 01/29/2024 9:16:55 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: cgbg

Part of the reason Afghanistan exploded on us was the DoD doing lgbtqwerty promotion in Afghanistan.
Rainbow flags and lisps everywhere, and the locals were understandably upset.
But the DoD thought they could make the place more like a big gay nightclub because obviously that’s a good idea ™ ® ©. ( Is the sarc tag necessary?)


10 posted on 01/29/2024 9:17:02 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Mariner

U.S. DOD and politicians stupidly kept thinking the base position being in Jordan made it “secure”.

It would have been more secure in a position the U.S. understood it had to defend.


11 posted on 01/29/2024 10:21:35 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Mariner

What is Tower 22?

ELINT, SIGINT
Bases in hostile areas need this sort of facility in or near by.


12 posted on 01/29/2024 11:07:37 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Mariner

It’s interesting that, at the link is an aerial photo showing the base.
I looked it up on Google Earth, and it’s partially obscured by the software, under the name “Rukban”.

The pictures in the press are showing the whole base.
Google Earth has it partially covered.


13 posted on 01/29/2024 11:13:59 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Mariner

The secret US base.. ROFLMAO.


14 posted on 01/29/2024 12:02:27 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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