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| 24 Countries to Take Part in Jordan War Games |
| 2014-05-19 |
| [AnNahar] More than 13,000 soldiers from 24 countries are to take part in the annual "Eager Lion" military exercise in Jordan, state news agency Petra said Sunday. It said "ground, air and naval forces comprising a total of more than 13,000 soldiers" are to be deployed during the May 25-June 10 war games, with "around 24 countries" taking part. The maneuvers are "aimed at tackling terrorism and insurrection" and to prepare armies to "develop their capacity to plan and carry out joint operations," the agency added. Some 8,000 troops from 19 countries including the United States, Britannia, Egypt, La Belle France, Iraq, Turkey and Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... took part in last year's "Eager Lion" exercises in the kingdom. Jordan borders Syria, where a three-year-old civil war has killed 150,000 people and displaced millions, with nearly 500,000 taking refuge in the kingdom. Washington has voiced concern over the effects of the war on Syria's neighbors, particularly its strategic ally Jordan, and it has sent more than 1,000 U.S. troops to the kingdom. |
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