I'm reading reports that a Jordanian govmnt spokesman says the attack and deaths happened at a US base in Syria (the US al-Tanf base), not on Jordanian soil.
Is Jordan telling the truth or is the western media telling the truth?
I heard from some folks on the ground in CENTCOM.
It hit the Logistics Support Base at Tower 22 on the Jordan/Syria border.
Because all the ME countries do not really get along, crossing international borders with our stuff is often complicated and takes some time. As a result there are usually small logistical bases at each of the border crossing's in the region to allow cargo that gets stuck there to be taken care of and secured until the proper paperwork or bribes can be arraigned. In addition, having little outposts around the region lets us forward deploy critical items that may be needed in combat, and it would take to long to get in from the main stores in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Tower 22 is one of these small bases.
For clarity, Tower 22 is a Jordainan Defense Force base on the border, I forget what they call it. The US has a Logistics Support Base there, and we call our part Tower 22.
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