Three U.S. service members were killed Friday in an attack at the gates of an air base in southern Jordan, U.S. U.S. officials said.\u00a0
Last November, a Jordanian police captain opened fire in an international police training facility, killing two Americans and three others. The government subsequently portrayed the police captain as troubled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States has spent millions of dollars to help the kingdom fortify its borders. For the West, any sign of instability in Jordan, a key ally, would be of great concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In late October, a U.S. Army artillery regiment was in Jordan to conduct joint live-fire training with the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System<\/p>\n\n\n\n
, or HIMARS, a mobile, long-range precision strike platform used in Iraq to target Islamic State militants, according to the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al-Jafr Air Base is in a remote desert location that is closer to Saudi Arabia than Iraq. It is frequently used for joint U.S. and Jordanian training operations. The U.S. has used the airfield to support air operations in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., the military installation at Al-Jafr was reportedly used by U.S. intelligence officials as a secret prison for the detention, interrogation and torture of suspected terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three deaths Friday are the latest in a series of casualties reported from the U.S. Central Command region. Five troops have died in hostile file since Oct. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Oct. 19 in Afghanistan, Army Sgt. Douglas J. Riney, 26, died in\u00a0a shooting attack at Camp Morehead, an ammunition supply point outside Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shooter was reportedly wearing an Afghan Army uniform. The Riney\u2019s unit was at the base to determine whether the Afghans were tracking their ammunition inventories properly, defense officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Oct. 20, Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason Finan, 34, was fatally wounded on in northern Iraq in operations near Mosul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finan was operating with Kurdish forces when his unit came under attack from small arms fire. Finan was moving to a better position when his vehicle struck an improved explosive device, U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Nov. 3 in Afghanistan, two U.S. Special Forces troops were killed in a firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan\u2019s Kunduz province,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Associated Press contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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