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October 1, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020930-122210-7947r

New Joint Military Exercises Planned in Jordan

(UPI) - Preparations are underway in Jordan for military exercises next month involving special forces from Britain and the United States and a handful of selected Arab countries. Previous joint exercises with U.S. troops in southern Jordan between Aug. 12 and Sept. 4 were reportedly a cover for the insertion of British and U.S. spotter teams into Iraq for the latest wave of air attacks on Iraqi air defenses. Senior sources at Amman's international airport privately confide that hundreds, if not thousands, of American troops have been flying into the country in recent weeks to "finalize the details of the war against Iraq." The sources insist that Jordan was not allowing the use of its territories to launch attacks, but that the kingdom was providing "communications support."

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