On January 28, 2024, three American soldiers died and 47 others were injured in the attack on their Jordanian base, located in the northeastern tip of the country, responsible for monitoring jihadist militias operating in territories very close to Syria. and Iraq.
Nicknamed Tower 22, the American outpost was attacked by an explosive drone, operated by the Shiite militia Islamic Resistance in Iraq, ideologically close to the Iranian mullahs.
The militiamen managed to use trickery to break through the anti-aircraft defenses of Tower 22: they waited for an American surveillance drone to return to its base before launching theirs, in order to create confusion among the radar operator on duty.
Like the Houthis in Yemen, the radical Shiite militiamen of Iraq criticize the Americans for their political and military support for Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip since October 2023. The Netanyahu government has made a commitment to the population Israeli to completely destroy…
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