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| Jordan: New US base to train Iraqis and Palestinians, says report |
| 2008-10-11 |
| (AKI) - The United States military has recently built a new military base in Jordan where Iraqi and Palestinian Authority security personnel will be trained, according to pan-Arab daily Al-Quds al-Arabi. The base is very large and besides training Iraqi soldiers in anti-insurgency warfare, it reportedly contains a simulated refugee camp to train Palestinian Authority forces, an unnamed Palestinian source told the daily. Between 500 and 600 armed forces personnel are expected to take part in special anti-militant courses and could be deployed as soon as Israel agrees to handover security in the West Bank town of Jenin to the Palestinian Authority. The training should take place in the desert west of the Jordanian capital, Amman, and the trainers are expected to include senior military officials from the Jordanian and US armies. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 along with tunneling, apparently. Genetically angry gophers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-11 17:05 |
| #7 "I didn't know you could train Palestinians. Other than to seethe and explode, I mean." No training needed for that, Steve. It's genetic. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-11 16:05 |
| #6 Note that the base is 'large', is 'already built' I saw that, lotp. It goes nicely with the training we've started with the Lebanese army, I suspect. November 5th would be a nice day for something to happen... if anybody in a decision-making capacity happens to want to consult my wishes. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-11 15:16 |
| #5 I didn't know you could train Palestinians. Other than to seethe and explode, I mean. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-10-11 11:40 |
| #4 Note that the base is 'large', is 'already built' , is in the western Jordanian desert near Iraq and will train Palestinians to deal with Jenin when Israel turns over security there. Jenin is where the Israelis disrupted both Hizb'allah plots to attack Israeli cities and Al Qaeda plots to attack American cities. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-10-11 10:29 |
| #3 Smells like a Congolisa Rice and King Ab deal. Common sense and a bit of history would tell one to stay the hell away from that part of the world, save Israel. Have we not shed enough blood and treasury for those backward bastards? The Iraqi government is wasting no time in flipping us off. Like the most in that region, they are nothing more than currs that possess the amazing ability bite you as you feed them. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-11 07:32 |
| #2 Because the non-elected US officialdom (and a large part of the elected one) is just as much an enemy of the Israeli People as they are of their own, TW? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-11 07:21 |
| #1 I'm confused. Why do we keep training Palestinians? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-11 07:16 |