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  • The country of Jordan recently attacked Islamic State targets in Syria after the terrorist

  • group

  • released a video showing the brutal execution of a Jordanian fighter pilot. Now, Jordan’s

  • King

  • Abdullah has promised a relentless and punishing campaign against ISIS militants

  • who are attempting to destabilize the country and the Middle East. So can Jordan win the

  • fight

  • against ISIS?

  • Well, Jordan’s attack of ISIS targets was a definite show of military force. Around

  • 30

  • Jordanian F-16 fighter jets conducted the airstrike in the Syrian town of Ar-Raqqah

  • and reports suggest the missiles took out several ISIS training centers and ammunition

  • depots.

  • Jordan has also struck Islamic state targets in the Iraqi city of Mosul. And the strikes

  • are just the beginning.

  • The Jordanian military has announced that it will deploy special ground forces to ISIS

  • strongholds in Syria and Iraq. This has been received as positive news by the US, which

  • so

  • far has been responsible for approximately 80 percent of the airstrikes against ISIS.

  • The US

  • welcomes a more active role for Jordan's military in the fight against ISIS’s proliferation

  • in the

  • Middle East.

  • Jordan’s Royal Special Operations Force is a technically sophisticated and highly-capable

  • military entity who often train alongside US forces. The unit is part of the Joint Special

  • Operations Command, a 14,000 strong army that has been the key to Jordan’s ability to

  • efficiently respond to threats to state security.

  • . According to reports, Jordan fought off ISIS fighters who attacked at least six border

  • control

  • posts on the Iraqi-Jordanian border in December 2014. It was the second time in less than

  • six

  • months that the militants had attempted to enter Jordan from western Iraq.

  • The growing threats to Jordan’s security prompted Jordan’s ruling monarch and head

  • of

  • the Royal Special Forces, King Abdullah, to meet with President Obama. King Abdullah had

  • asked the US if they could supply Jordan with Predator Spy Drones. Abdullah argued that

  • the

  • specialized equipment would be of massive assistance to Jordan who would utilize them

  • to

  • locate ISIS targets. Although they are long-term allies, the US denied King Abdullah’s request.

  • Still, Jordan shows no signs of losing momentum in the fight. In addition to continual

  • airstrikes, they recently executed two islamic terrorist prisoners. However, human rights

  • groups

  • have since condemned the action saying it was unlawful.

  • Experts have also noted that the coalition to fight ISIS, which includes countries like

  • the US,

  • the UAE and Iraq, are stronger than ever since Jordan initiated the airstrikes. And it’s

  • suggested

  • that in the next few weeks, countries within the coalition will join Jordan in military

  • action against

  • ISIS.

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約旦能贏得對ISIS的戰爭嗎? (Can Jordan Win The War On ISIS?)

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    Cheng-Hong Liu 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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