Jordanian and US special forces demonstrate their skills at the King
Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre during their "Eager Lion"
military exercise in Amman May 27, 2012.
Jordanian
and US special forces demonstrate their skills at the King Abdullah
Special Operations Training Centre during their "Eager Lion" military
exercise in Amman May 27, 2012.
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The United States along with several of its Arab allies are
preparing for a major attack against Syria from the Jordan-Syria border,
helping their supported militants open a way toward the Syrian capital,
Damascus.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday that the attack will
originate in Jordan and the US, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan are planning
the way it will be launched.
According to media reports, the US is constructing runways for military
aircraft near the border between Jordan and Syria and has been arming
the foreign-backed insurgents with heavy weaponry which Saudi Arabia has
flown to bases in Jordan.
While no US troops will be involved in the fighting on the ground, the
reports say, the US President is to somehow address Saudis’ criticism of
his administration after his offensive missile campaign against Syria
failed last summer. Barack Obama is determined to do so before his
planned trip to Saudi Arabia next month.
Obama pushed for military strikes against Syria last summer following
reports of a chemical weapons attack that Washington blamed on the
Syrian government. However, he put on hold his planned military strike
against the Arab country after Russia helped broker a deal under which
Damascus agreed to eliminate its chemical weapons arsenal.
Several reports over the past weeks have shown that the US is considering a wide range of military options against Syria.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Washington is now
reconsidering “military, diplomatic and intelligence options” which were
abandoned in favor of talks between representatives of the Syrian
government and the foreign-backed opposition in Geneva.
Meanwhile, some congressional officials have said that even the idea of
using CIA-run drones is gaining currency both within the White House
and Congress.
The latest news about a Jordan-based attack into Syria comes less than
two weeks after the US President, who had hosted King Abdullah II of
Jordan at the Sunnylands retreat in Palm Springs, California, said on
February 14 that he and his royal guest had decided they should take
steps “to apply more pressure to” the Syrian government.
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