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2010-12-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Jordan clears 83,000 mines on Syria border

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Posted by Steve White 2010-12-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Steve how interesting that they deployed mines on the Syrian border. I don't remember a skirmish between them but I do remember the King beating down the Paleos that tried to overthrow him. Perhaps they King knew of Syrian support.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-12-28 11:18|| 2010-12-28 11:18|| Front Page Top

#2 There was a big armored fight in 1970, CyberSarge. It was an after-affect of the great Palestinian uprising of that year, the so-called "Black September". The Syrians sent an armored division over the border during the chaos, kicked the local Royalist ground forces around, then got plastered by Jordanian air support & tucked tail for home. This was a big part of why Jordan was *not* a combatant in the Yom Kippur War three years later.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-12-28 12:45|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-12-28 12:45|| Front Page Top

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