Jewboo
17th April 2013, 06:28 PM
Pentagon sending additional troops to Jordan
Pentagon officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration has ordered additional U.S. troops to Jordan for possible chemical weapons control, humanitarian response or “stability operations” in Syria.
The new troops, a headquarters element of the 1st Armored Division based at Fort Bliss, Tex., will not greatly increase the number of U.S. forces in Jordan. About 150 troops were sent last year to help train Jordanian military and Syrian opposition forces. Some of those troops will remain, and the new arrivals will increase the total to more than 200. But the dispatch of a headquarters unit indicates a higher level of preparation for a possible expanded U.S. military role, including command and control capability for a larger force.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress that he authorized the deployment last week to “improve readiness and prepare for a number of scenarios.”
Linky (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-sending-additional-troops-to-jordan/2013/04/17/06ec052e-a7a8-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html)
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On the other hand, official Israel Defense Forces statistics reveal that more than half of Jewish Israeli men who were exempted from the draft last year were ultra-Orthodox men engaged in religious studies... The data show that about 75 percent of 18-year-old Jewish Israeli males were drafted last year. Among the 25 percent who were not drafted, 13 percent were Haredim who received deferments to pursue religious studies.
Pentagon officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration has ordered additional U.S. troops to Jordan for possible chemical weapons control, humanitarian response or “stability operations” in Syria.
The new troops, a headquarters element of the 1st Armored Division based at Fort Bliss, Tex., will not greatly increase the number of U.S. forces in Jordan. About 150 troops were sent last year to help train Jordanian military and Syrian opposition forces. Some of those troops will remain, and the new arrivals will increase the total to more than 200. But the dispatch of a headquarters unit indicates a higher level of preparation for a possible expanded U.S. military role, including command and control capability for a larger force.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress that he authorized the deployment last week to “improve readiness and prepare for a number of scenarios.”
Linky (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-sending-additional-troops-to-jordan/2013/04/17/06ec052e-a7a8-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html)
http://smileys.emoticonsonly.com/emoticons/i/israel-1641.gif YOUR GOYIM KIDS WILL PROTECT ISRAEL
On the other hand, official Israel Defense Forces statistics reveal that more than half of Jewish Israeli men who were exempted from the draft last year were ultra-Orthodox men engaged in religious studies... The data show that about 75 percent of 18-year-old Jewish Israeli males were drafted last year. Among the 25 percent who were not drafted, 13 percent were Haredim who received deferments to pursue religious studies.