(Gateway Pundit) The White House announced Sunday that three U.S. servicemembers were killed and “many wounded” in a drone attack at Tower 22 in Jordan near the border with Syria. The attack is the first one to kill U.S. troops out of over one hundred-fifty attacks on U.S. bases and ships in the Middle East since the October 7 jihad massacre attack on Israel by Hamas. Several Americans were killed in the October 7 attack, several more were taken hostage by Hamas and are still being held in captivity. Earlier this month two Navy SEALs drowned while boarding a ship off the coast of Somalia to intercept Iranian weapons bound for Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
U.S. Central Command released a statement that twenty-five troops were also wounded in the attack.
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BREAKING:
US announces that 3 American soldiers were killed by a suicide drone striking the Tower 22 military outpost in Jordan last night.
Another 25 Americans wounded.
Tower 22 (Area 55) is located right next to the border with Syria and Iraq.
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Joe Biden vowed, “We will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner our choosing.”
Before Sunday’s attack, the Biden administration has responded with pinprick attacks that have mainly targeted infrastructure and not (with rare exception) leaders of the Iran-backed groups behind the attacks.
Statement by Joe Biden released by the White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Attack on U.S. Service Members in Northeastern Jordan Near the Syria Border
