Drone That Killed US Troops in Jordan Mistaken for US Craft: Initial Report (Connecting the Dots: Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Kamala D. Harris, Madeleine Albright, U.S. Central Command, Lloyd Austin, Raytheon, The Center for a New American Security, Navy, Army, Marines, U.S. Department of Defense & Soros Funding, All Networking. Connect… Connect… Connect… Control… Control… Control)
Monday, 29 January 2024 04:12 PM EST
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U.S.
forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass
unchallenged into a desert base in Jordan where it killed three U.S. troops and
wounded dozens more, officials said Monday.
Details
of the Sunday attack emerged as President Joe
Biden faced a difficult balancing act, blaming
Iran and looking to strike back in a forceful way without causing any further
escalation of the Gaza conflict.
As
the enemy drone was flying in at a low altitude, a U.S. drone was returning to
the small installation known as Tower 22, according to a preliminary report
cited by two officials, who were not authorized to comment and insisted on
anonymity,
As
a result, there was no effort to shoot down the enemy drone that hit the
outpost. One of the trailers where troops sleep sustained the brunt of the
strike, while surrounding trailers got limited damage from the blast and flying
debris.
Aside
from the soldiers killed, the Pentagon said more than 40 troops were wounded in
the attack, most with cuts, bruises, brain injuries and similar wounds. Eight
were medically evacuated, including three who were going to Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center in Germany. The other five, who suffered minor brain injuries,
were expected to return to duty.
The
preliminary conclusion was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Asked
if the failure to shoot down the enemy drone was “human error," Pentagon
spokeswoman Sabrina Singh responded that the U.S. Central Command was still
assessing the matter.
The
Pentagon identified those killed in the attack as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers,
46, of Carrollton, Ga.; Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Ga., and
Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Ga.
The
three U.S. Army Reserve soldiers were assigned to the 718th Engineer Company,
926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade in Fort Moore, Georgia.
The
explanation for how the enemy drone evaded U.S. air defenses came as the White
House said Monday it’s not looking for war with Iran even as Biden vows
retaliatory action. The Democratic administration believes Tehran was behind
the strike.
Biden
met with national security advisers in the White House Situation Room to
discuss the latest developments and potential retaliation.
“There’s
no easy answer here,” said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “And
that’s why the president is meeting with his national security team weighing
the options before him.”
The
brazen attack, which the Biden administration blames on Iranian-based proxies,
adds another layer of complexity to an already tense Mideast situation as the Biden
administration tries
to keep the Israel-Hamas war from expanding into a broader regional conflict.
“The
president and I will not tolerate attacks on U.S. forces, and we will take all
necessary actions to defend the U.S. and our troops,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said as he met at
the Pentagon with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
The
drone attack was one of dozens on U.S. troops in the Middle East
since Hamas launched attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, igniting the war in Gaza. But
it’s the first in which American service members have been killed.
Biden
promised on Sunday to “hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a
manner (of) our choosing” but said the U.S. wasn’t seeking to get into another
conflict in the Middle East.
Kirby
also made clear that American patience has worn thin after more than two months
of attacks by Iranian proxies on U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and Jordan and on U.S.
Navy and
commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The proxy groups — including Yemen’s Houthi
rebels and Iraq based Kataeb Hezbollah — say the attacks are in response to
Israel’s ongoing military operations in Gaza.
“We
are not looking for a war with Iran," Kirby told reporters. “That said,
this was a very serious attack. It had lethal consequences. We will respond,
and we respond appropriately.”
Iran
on Monday denied it was behind the Jordan strike.
“These
claims are made with specific political goals to reverse the realities of the
region,” Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted foreign ministry spokesman
Nasser Kanaani as saying. Iran regularly denies involvement in attacks linked
back to it through the militias it arms across the wider Mideast.
Kirby
said that U.S. officials are still working through determining which militant
group was behind the attack. He noted that Iran has longed equipped and trained
the militias.
Republicans
have laid blame on Biden for doing too little to deter Iranian militias, which
have carried out approximately 165 attacks on U.S. troops in the region since
the start of the war.
Republican
presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday called the attack “yet another
horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weakness and surrender.”
The
attack hit a U.S. military desert outpost in the far reaches of northeastern
Jordan known as Tower 22. The installation sits near the demilitarized zone on
the border between Jordan and Syria along a sandy, bulldozed berm marking the
DMZ’s southern edge. The Iraqi border is only 10 kilometers (6 miles) away.
The
base began as a Jordanian outpost watching the border, then saw an increased
U.S. presence after American forces entered Syria in late 2015. The small
installation includes U.S. engineering, aviation, logistics and security
troops, with about 350 U.S. Army and Air
Force personnel
deployed.
Iraq’s
government condemned the drone strike. Spokesman Bassem al-Awadi said in a
statement that Iraq was “monitoring with a great concern the alarming security
developments in the region” and called for “an end to the cycle of violence.”
The statement said that Iraq is ready to participate in diplomatic efforts to
prevent further escalation.
An
umbrella group for Iran-backed factions known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq
has claimed dozens of attacks against bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and
Syria since the Israel-Hamas war began. On Sunday, the group claimed three
drone attacks against sites in Syria, including near the border with Jordan,
and one inside of “occupied Palestine” but so far hasn’t claimed the attack in
Jordan.
John
Bolton, who served as national security adviser to Trump, said Iran hasn't paid
a price for the havoc that its proxies have unleashed in the region. He
suggested the Biden administration could send a strong message to Tehran with
strikes on Iranian vessels in the Red Sea, Iranian air defenses along the Iraqi
border, and bases that have been used to train and supply militant groups for
years
“So
until Iran bears a cost, you’re not going to reestablish deterrence, you’re not
going to put the belligerence on a downward slope.”
The
attack came as U.S. officials were seeing signs of progress in negotiations to
broker a deal between Israel and Hamas to release the more than 100 remaining
hostages being held in Gaza in exchange for an extended pause in fighting.
While contours of a deal under consideration would not end the war, Americans
believed that it could lay the groundwork for a durable resolution to the
conflict.
Top
U.S., Israeli, Egypt and Qatari officials held talks on Sunday in France about
an emerging framework for a hostage deal. Israel said “significant gaps” remain
but called the talks constructive and said they would continue in the week
ahead.
Lloyd Austin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin#Private_sector
Private sector
Immediately
after retiring as CENTCOM Commander, Austin joined the board
of Raytheon Technologies, a military contractor, in April 2016.[49][50] As
of October 2020, his Raytheon stock holdings were worth roughly $500,000
and his compensation, including stock, totaled $2.7 million.[49] On
September 18, 2017, he was appointed to Nucor's board of directors.[51] On
May 29, 2018, Austin was appointed as an independent director on the board
of Tenet
Healthcare.[52] He
also operates a consulting firm and has been a partner at Pine Island Capital,
an investment company with which Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Michèle
Flournoy are affiliated.
Secretary
of Defense (2021–present)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin#Secretary_of_Defense_(2021%E2%80%93present)
Austin
took office on January 22, 2021, after being sworn in by a Defense
Department official,
and was sworn in ceremonially by Vice President Kamala
Harris on
January 25, 2021.
Connecting
The Dots:
Joseph R. Biden Jr. is
the president for the Joe Biden Administration
and R. Hunter Biden’s father.
R. Hunter Biden is Joseph
R. Biden Jr’s son, a director at the Center for National
Policy and a director at the Truman National Security Project.
Kamala D. Harris is an
advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an
advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and
the Vice President for the Joe Biden Administration.
Madeleine K.
Albright was the president of the Center for National Policy,
an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project
and a director at the Center for a New American Security.
Raytheon Company was a contributor
for the Center for a New American Security.
Lloyd J. Austin III was a board
of Raytheon Technologies AKA the Raytheon Company, is the commander for
the U.S. Central Command and Defense Secretary for the Joe Biden
Administration.
U.S. Central
Command is a unified combatant command for the U.S. Department
of Defense.
Chuck Hagel was
the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Barack
Obama administration, the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and a professor at the Georgetown
University.
Open Society Foundations was a funder
for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations.
Madeleine K.
Albright was an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank), a professor at Georgetown
University, the president of the Center for National Policy, an
advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and a
director at the Center for a New American Security.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Center for National Policy, a director at the Truman
National Security Project and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an
advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and
the Vice President for the Joe Biden Administration.
Madeleine K.
Albright was the president of the Center for National Policy,
an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project
and a director at the Center for a New American Security.
Richard J. Danzig is
the director & former chairman for the Center for a New American
Security and was the secretary for the U.S. Navy.
U.S. Navy was a
contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
Dennis C. Blair was
an admiral for the U.S. Navy, a director at the Center for
a New American Security and a national intelligence director for the Barack
Obama administration.
Robert O. Work was
the undersecretary for the U.S. Navy, the CEO for the Center
for a New American Security and is the deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Gary Roughead is
a director at the Center for a New American Security and was
the chief of naval operations for the U.S. Department
of Defense.
John P. White is
an advisory board member for the Center for a New American Security,
was a director at the Center for a New American Security, and the
deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Vikram J. Singh was
a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and an assistant
secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
William J. Perry was
a director at the Center for a New American Security, and the
secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Janine Davidson is
a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security
and was the deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of
Defense.
Kurt M. Campbell is
the chairman & co-founder for the Center for a New American
Security and was a deputy assistant secretary for Asia for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Bob Butler is
a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security
and was a deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy for the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Derek H. Chollet was
a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a
special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration
and is the assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Colin H. Kahl is
a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and was a
deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Richard L.
Armitage is a director at the Center for a New American
Security and was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of
Defense.
Michele A.
Flournoy is the CEO for the Center for a New American Security
and was the under secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for
the Barack Obama administration.
William J. Lynn was
a director at the Center for a New American Security and the deputy
secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Barack
Obama administration.
Wallace Gregson
Jr. was an advisory board member for the Center for a New
American Security, the assistant secretary for Asian & Pacific security
affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Barack
Obama administration and a lieutenant general for the U.S. Marine
Corps.
U.S. Army was a
contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
John A. Nagl was
a lieutenant colonel for the U.S. Army and is an advisory board
member for the Center for a New American Security.
Dell L. Dailey was
a lieutenant general for the U.S. Army and is an advisory board
member for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Army was a
contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Navy was a
contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Air Force was
a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Coast Guard was
a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Marine
Corps was a contributor for the Center for a New American
Security.
Gregory S.
Newbold was a lieutenant general for the U.S. Marine Corps
and a director at the Center for a New American Security.
Arnold L. Punaro was
a major general for the U.S. Marine Corps and is an advisory board
member for the Center for a New American Security.
John R. Allen was
a general for the U.S. Marine Corps and is a director at the Center
for a New American Security.
U.S.
Department of Defense was a contributor for the Center for a
New American Security.
U.S. Central
Command is a unified combatant command for the U.S. Department
of Defense.
Lloyd J. Austin
III is the commander for the U.S. Central Command and Defense
Secretary for the Joe Biden Administration and was board of Raytheon
Technologies AKA the Raytheon Company.
Raytheon Company was
a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Army was a
contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Navy was a
contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Air Force was
a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Coast Guard was
a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
U.S. Marine
Corps was a contributor for the Center for a New American
Security.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a director at the Center for a New American
Security, the president of the Center for National Policy and an
advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Center for National Policy, a director at the Truman
National Security Project and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, an
advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and
the Vice President for the Joe Biden Administration.
Resources:
Past Research
Joe
Biden: Ban ‘Civilian Ownership’ Of ‘Assault Weapons’ (Past
Research on Joe Biden)
SUNDAY,
JUNE 19, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/06/joe-biden-ban-civilian-ownership-of.html
Pentagon
Labels YouTube/Twitter Hacking 'Cyber Vandalism' (Past
Research on Lloyd Austin)
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 14, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/01/pentagon-labels-youtubetwitter-hacking.html
Stephen
King Calls for Trump to Be ‘Removed’ from Office (Past
Research on the Raytheon Company)
SUNDAY,
AUGUST 13, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/08/stephen-king-calls-for-trump-to-be.html
Witch
Hunt By Navy Brass Against Decorated Chaplain for Expressing Traditional
Marriage View (Past Research on the Center for a
New American Security)
TUESDAY,
MARCH 24, 2015
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