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| Jordan says 2 American trainers killed outside air force base |
| 2016-11-04 |
| The Jordanian military says two American trainers were killed and a third was wounded in an exchange of fire outside an air base in southern Jordan. The statement by the military did not say what prompted the exchange on Friday. A Jordanian military officer was also wounded in the incident at the al-Jafr air base. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 The Times of Israel adds that the third soldier subsequently died. Three US troops were killed in a shooting attack outside a Jordanian training facility on Friday, a US official said, following earlier reports that one or two US personnel were dead. “A total of three US service members died today in the incident in Jordan,” the official said. “Initial reports were that one was killed, two injured. The two injured servicemembers were transported to a hospital in Amman, where they died.” “The servicemembers were in vehicles approaching the gate of a Jordanian military training facility, where they came under small arms fire,” the official added. “We are working with the Jordanian government to gather additional details about what happened.” The shooting took place at the gate of the Al-Jafr base when the car carrying the US trainers failed to stop, the Jordanian army said, adding that a Jordanian officer was also wounded. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-11-04 15:59 |
| #2 I read somewhere that, if it to be believed, the trainers ran a checkpoint. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-11-04 15:53 |
| #1 Expendables. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-11-04 11:56 |