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2003-03-26 Iraq

Second Marine Expeditionary Force Reported in Jordan

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Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-03-26 04:47 pm|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 they said this a couple of days ago, i think.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-03-26 16:54:59|| 2003-03-26 16:54:59|| Front Page Top

#2 I pray this is true, but do not understand how they would have gotten there.

globalsecurity.org has had this up for a while.

Posted by JAB 2003-03-26 17:54:48|| 2003-03-26 17:54:48|| Front Page Top

#3 This may tie in with that Asia Times article that was reported in these spaces the other day. IIRC, that article said there were 8,000 US combat troops in Jordan; Global Security has a number of 11,000. As I also think Global Security is a pretty accurate site, this corrorboration to the earlier report means something VERY interesting is going on in Jordan. I also wonder how II MEF could have snuck in there; Jordan can clamp down pretty tight at need, but it's hardly what you'd call a totalitarian state.

Posted by Joe 2003-03-26 18:32:34|| 2003-03-26 18:32:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Pretty easy - Israel and Jordan allow overflights to the western desert. Its pretty isolated there. Med Fleet float just hops on their birds and pops over. Now, if they have their armor with them, thats a different story. If this is true, and there is armor, its going to be intereresting after the war to see how they pulled this one off.

Posted by OldSpook 2003-03-26 18:45:57|| 2003-03-26 18:45:57|| Front Page Top

#5 It is my understanding that 2nd MEB's equipment was suppose to go through Turkey. I think they were transport ships in the Eastern Med and have transited the Suez.

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