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| U.S. Military Is Sent to Jordan to Help With Crisis in Syria |
| 2012-10-10 |
| The United States military has secretly sent a task force of more than 150 planners and other specialists to Jordan to help the armed forces there handle a flood of Syrian refugees, prepare for the possibility that Syria will lose control of its chemical weapons and be positioned should the turmoil in Syria expand into a wider conflict. The task force, which has been led by a senior American officer, is based at a Jordanian military training center built into an old rock quarry north of Amman. It is now largely focused on helping Jordanians handle the estimated 180,000 Syrian refugees who have crossed the border and are severely straining the country’s resources. American officials familiar with the operation said the mission also includes drawing up plans to try to insulate Jordan, an important American ally in the region, from the upheaval in Syria and to avoid the kind of clashes now occurring along the border of Syria and Turkey. The officials said the idea of establishing a buffer zone between Syria and Jordan — which would be enforced by Jordanian forces on the Syrian side of the border and supported politically and perhaps logistically by the United States — had been discussed. But at this point the buffer is only a contingency. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Looks like the BATTLE FOR AFPAK is officially the BATTLE FOR AFRICA, + pre-2014 to boot. IMO US SPECOPS + OTHER IN JORDAN = the US is building strategic areas = "lily pads/ink blots" in select Africa regions while "holding the line" agz Rising Iran + Quds Force, etal. in the Persian Gulf + Near East/Asia, wid NATO + UNCOM in interim. LIBYA = also read, NORTH AFRICAN OIL + PROTECT SUEZ CANAL + MONITOR MB-LED EGYPT'S NUKE COOP WID IRAN [the "Egypt" in Nuke-wannabe Iran's desired Japan/Egypt" Model]. Moreso given FOX NEWS AM > US sezzes THREE AL-QAEDA AFFILIATE GROUPS ARE RECRUITING + BUILDING UP THEIR STRENGTH IN LIBYUH FOR NEW ATTACKS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-10-10 19:58 |
| #2 Filling sandbags, hoping to contain the flood... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-10-10 17:06 |
| #1 There's that word 'secretly' again. |
| Posted by: Lionel Panda6719 2012-10-10 11:54 |