(OBAMA IS EDGING US CLOSER TO THE SYRIAN WAR - THIS COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN WORLD WAR III - THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT SYRIA, BUT ABOUT RUSSIAN AND IRAN) The US has left about 700 combat-equipped troops in Jordan after a training exercise, US President Barack Obama has said, after previously deciding to leave Patriot missiles and warplanes there. Obama said on Friday that the deployment was done at the request of the Jordanian government, which fears a spillover of the war in neighbouring Syria into its territory. An estimated 500,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Jordan to escape the bloodshed. When the Pentagon first said last week it would leave Patriot missiles and F-16 fighters in Jordan, Russia, an ally of Damascus, said any attempt to use them to impose a "no-fly" zone over Syria would be illegal. Obama has not ruled out participating in a no-fly zone that would prohibit the Syrian military from flying its aircraft, but he was skeptical about such a move in a television interview earlier this week.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:55:46 +0000
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