As the US completes its final withdrawal from Iraq, American special forces troops have been diverted to positions in Jordan opposite a Syrian tank concentration building up across the kingdom’s northern border, DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report.
As of last Thursday, as of last Thursday Dec. 8, military convoys, air transports and helicopters have been lifting US troops across the border from Iraq. They have been deployed in position to ward off a possible Syrian invasion in the light of President Bashar Assad’s warning that he would set the entire Middle East on fire if the pressure on his regime to step down persisted.
Syria’s other neighbors have taken precautions against this contingency
The incoming US contingents are disclosed by our sources as having been housed at the King Hussein Air Base of al-Mafraq, 10 kilometers from the Syrian border. US troops were sighted Monday, Dec. 12, building surveillance towers and army posts in the Jordanian villages of Albaej, Zubaydiah and al-Nahdah al-Houshah as well as near the Sarham dam of the Yarmoukh River which runs down the international border between Syria and Jordan.
Three months ago, the Syrian ruler cautioned Jordan’s King Abdullah II to stop granting asylum to Syrian military deserters and allowing his country to serve as a conduit for pumping arms to the opposition.
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siteunseen says,
Ever wonder why Ron Paul said we should get out of the Middle Easts business? This is exactly why. Our troops are not coming home, and they may never come home alive. This is business as usual for the Invaders and the Elitists who think they rule the world.
on 13 December 2011 / 6:21 PM
Lizelot says,
This is NOT good. Our troops should be coming home, not get involved in yet another endless and extremely costly war in countries whose troubles do NOT directly concern or threaten us. Where is Congress in this?! Is this another Presidential power grab we, the people, will have to pay for? Aren’t we already up to our neck in red ink and sinker deeper by the day? This must stop!
on 13 December 2011 / 11:02 PM
R.Cook says,
The Arabs have always been a “tribal” people. They have fought amongst themselves for eons. Our involvement will never stop this. The whole Arab history has been one strong man after another fighting for power.
on 14 December 2011 / 2:54 PM
wager says,
It was Kissinger under orders from Nixon who asked the Israelis to protect Jordan from Syria over 30 years ago.
They sent their tanks to the northern border and Syria backed down.
This move is probably along the same lines. Assad will be deposed within the month. What happens next is anyone’s guess.
on 15 December 2011 / 1:09 AM