A drone has struck a tent of sleeping troops in Jordan, killing US troops in the Middle East for the first time since the war in Gaza began. The US has blamed Iran-backed militant groups, but is yet to identify who specifically they believe is responsible.

Three American troops have been killed and 34 injured in a drone attack in Jordan.

Those killed in the attack were sleeping in a tent at a place called Tower 22 in northeast Jordan, near the Syria border.

US President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by “radical Iran-backed militant groups” in Syria and Iraq.

        • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          They learned that from us, definitely, but forgot the lesson we learned on optics.

          Can’t just call everything an enemy base without like at least a hazy picture of a dude with two sticks and a circuit board in the building first.

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            9 months ago

            Sure but primarily the Israel playbook first and foremost.

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              9 months ago

              They make a good team though, one makes a civilian installation a military target by conducting military operations from it, the other blows up said military target. That is unless the jihadist rockets misfire and kill everyone on the hospital parking lot, then it becomes a solo mission

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            9 months ago

            one is a nation another is a terrorist group, are they supposed to look the same?