A drone has struck a tent of sleeping troops in Jordan, killing US troops in the Middle East for the first time since the war in Gaza began. The US has blamed Iran-backed militant groups, but is yet to identify who specifically they believe is responsible.
Three American troops have been killed and 34 injured in a drone attack in Jordan.
Those killed in the attack were sleeping in a tent at a place called Tower 22 in northeast Jordan, near the Syria border.
US President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by “radical Iran-backed militant groups” in Syria and Iraq.
Iran has jumped the shark with their level of fucking around.
Oh shit. Hate to be working for a drone factory.
While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq.
That seems like a reasonable guess, but they shouldn’t be presenting it as knowledge if they haven’t yet identified the attackers.
Biden seems to be making a habit of making statements that contradict US intelligence and then having to backpedal so we’ll see.
This being the most high profile example of Biden doing this: https://theintercept.com/2023/10/31/gaza-death-palestine-health-ministry/
The Jordon equivalent of the CIA is very good. I’d be a little scared of doing this sort of thing on their ground.
good vs bad narrative works exceedingly well. they ain’t saying they know it’s Iran. They saying Iran it’s the bad guy. and in USA this is much more than sufficient.
It’s hard to make much analysis without knowing the exact culprit, but I think it’s certain to say they made a very bad choice.
Iran has been doing this a while on the theory they can keep the escalation controlled. Up until now though they’ve gotten lucky with not killing any US soldiers. From a domestic political situation the Biden administration will probably need to retaliate. Hopefully this won’t get too much further out of hand.
What were they doing in Jordan?
The US and Jordan have been allies for decades, and the US has military bases in allies around the world.
This particular base is located near Syria, so it might be because of the Syrian civil war.
Also, fun fact - the king of Jordan appeared as an extra on American TV. Specifically, on Star Trek Voyager.
We have people stationed pretty much globally for intelligence after that whole plane situation in New York.
But they already had the intelligence necessary to prevent that attack, it’s just that bush ignored it.
Yes.
That and the whole WMD thing shortly thereafter led to some sweeping changes to how the US handles intelligence.
Walking into ww3 for fucking Israel? No thanks, fuck them.
Does anyone else want to get all the American troops out of the Middle East?
The host nations for these military installations sure as hell don’t.
Their people do. Their governments are receiving billions from the US so they don’t.
Jordon is as much as an ally the US has in the Middle East.
