The Attack Was In Jordan, But Jordan Plays Dumb | The Gateway Pundit

Wow! Discuss a Charley Foxtrot (aka Cluster F*ck). CENTCOM (i.e., U.S. Central Command put out a press launch in regards to the Unmanned Plane System (UAS) assault on its base situated on the northern border of Jordan often known as Tower 22. Why is it a Charley Foxtrot? As a result of it’s now clear that Jordan didn’t need this base recognized and is detest to confess that it has U.S. troops in its territory.

The Kingdom of Jordan wasted no time in denying that this took place inside Jordan:

Jordanian Minister of Authorities Communications Muhannad Mubaidin mentioned Sunday that the assault concentrating on U.S. forces close to the Syrian border didn’t happen inside Jordan.

Mubaidin informed the state-run Al Mamlaka TV that the assault focused the al-Tanf base in southeastern Syria.

I have no idea what the character of the basing settlement between Jordan and the US. Usually, a bunch nation would stipulate that the U.S. might (or couldn’t) acknowledge army operations or actions. On this case it appears to be like like CENTCOM issued the assertion in regards to the assault with out consulting with the Authorities of Jordan. This might imply that going ahead, the Jordanians might ask the US to close down its operations and transfer every part throughout the border into Syria. I think about my former colleagues on the State Division are scrambling to attempt to un-ruffle Jordan’s feathers. At a time when the U.S. is determined to maintain its allies within the area on board with U.S. coverage, this can be a main black eye for U.S./Jordanian relations.

The Pentagon is being very stingy with particulars surrounding the assault. This was not a small drone. That is the sort of injury and casualty depend you’ll get from one thing like a Hellfire missile. I’m not saying that was what was used. However the united stateswas giant and carried a robust warhead of some form.

The opposite oddity is that U.S. army sources are claiming that the U.S. forces that it was a “pleasant” plane, which is meant to elucidate why no air protection was activated. Here is the latest excuse:

American air defenses didn’t intercept an assault drone that killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens in Jordan as a result of the incoming plane was mistaken for a pleasant drone returning to the bottom, officers mentioned Monday. . . .

The weaponized drone struck the troopers’ residing quarters, described as containerized housing, at a facility often known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan, the place its border converges with Syria and Iraq. Sabrina Singh, a Pentagon spokeswoman, mentioned the attack occurred early Sunday as personnel on the base have been nonetheless in mattress asleep.

The Pentagon has revised the variety of personnel injured within the assault, from 34 to greater than 40, Singh mentioned. One other official, who like some others spoke on the situation of anonymity to explain the army’s ongoing evaluation of the incident, mentioned 47 troops have been wounded on account of the incident.

Fifty whole casualties? Holy smoke. I feel the one drone within the U.S. arsenal packing that sort of punch is the MQ Predator B:

The MQ-9 carries quite a lot of weapons together with the GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb, the AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-ground missiles, the AIM-9 Sidewinder,^[13] and the GBU-38 Joint Direct Assault Munition (JDAM).

So what was it? Has Iran or another nation or group received its arms on a system similar to the MQ 9 drone? Or was this a ballistic missile that the air protection failed to have interaction? The present story in regards to the tyrpe of weapon used will not be the reality. What is definite is that no matter air protection system in place on that base failed.

I mentioned a number of the newest developments in Ukraine and the assault on Tower 22 with the Decide this morning: