Jordanian police officer kills 2 Americans in military camp in Jordan, wounds several others | |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 06:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Jordanian went on a shooting spree at the facility in Muaqar on the eastern outskirts of the capital Amman, said the source, who requested anonymity. [link to www.jpost.com] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 07:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "after targeting the Americans" -- Two Americans 'shot dead at Jordan police training centre' Two US military personnel have been killed in a gun attack at a police training centre outside Jordan's capital, Amman, security sources say. A security source told the Reuters news agency the assailant was a Jordanian police officer and that he killed himself after targeting the Americans. [link to www.bbc.com] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 07:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | . . .The incident happened on the 10th anniversary of the Amman bombings, a series of attacks carried out by jihadists of al-Qaeda in Iraq on three hotel lobbies that killed 60 people and injured 115 others. more at link: Jordan: Police officer kills 'two American officials' at Amman training centre [link to www.ibtimes.co.uk] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 07:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Israel News Feed ‏@IsraelHatzolah 9s9 seconds ago BREAKING UPDATE - JORDAN: Third American wounded during shooting attack near Amman, reportedly in critical condition, 2 confirmed dead. [link to twitter.com (secure)] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 07:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Israel News Feed ‏@IsraelHatzolah 9s9 seconds ago Quoting: bluebonnet BREAKING UPDATE - JORDAN: Third American wounded during shooting attack near Amman, reportedly in critical condition, 2 confirmed dead. [link to twitter.com (secure)] Pin request, please! Sorry!! Third is critical, my very bad -- no mods online right now . . . Last Edited by bluebonnet on 11/09/2015 07:17 AM bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 07:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | yeah, maybe it was accidental . . . Jordan’s government-owned Al-Rai newspaper says a Jordanian policeman opened fire on American contractors at a police training center, killing two and injuring three. . . . The report says security agencies launched an investigation. It says it’s not clear whether the shooting was intentional. more at link: [link to www.washingtonpost.com (secure)] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 07:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | URGENT - Jordan Americans killed A Jordanian police officer killed two Americans at a police training facility near the capital of Amman on Monday, Jordan's official Petra news agency reported. A South African contractor and the police officer also died in the violence, Petra said. Mohammed el-Moumni, a government representative, said two other Americans were wounded, the agency said. [link to www.kspr.com] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 07:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This guy tweeted info on shooting/killing, then capped it off with: @mohamed20607 5m5 minutes ago As you kill the Muslims will kill you, O people of America #Jordan [link to twitter.com (secure)] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 07:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Government spokesman Mohammed Momani told state news agency Petra that four Jordanians were also wounded in the shooting - with one in critical condition in hospital. more at articke/link: Two Americans and a South African shot dead by Jordanian policeman [link to www.independent.co.uk] bluebonnet |
Anonymous Coward 11/09/2015 08:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This guy tweeted info on shooting/killing, then capped it off with: Quoting: bluebonnet @mohamed20607 5m5 minutes ago As you kill the Muslims will kill you, O people of America #Jordan [link to twitter.com (secure)] |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 08:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A Jordanian security source told NBC News that several people also were injured in the incident, which took place in a cafeteria. The shooter was killed, the source added. . . . The U.S. Embassy in Jordan told NBC News it had received reports about a "security incident" at the Jordanian International Police Training Center and was in contact with local authorities. more at link: [link to www.nbcnews.com] edit = Thank you for the pin! Prayers for the families, friends and co-workers of persons involved. Last Edited by bluebonnet on 11/09/2015 08:02 AM bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 08:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Will mod please fix title and I apologize for the trouble -- initial info from media has been corrected -- 2 Americans dead, 1 S.African dead, # still changing on wounded, shooter killed by Jordanian Security Forces (not suicide). Mohammad Momani also told Reuters the attacker had been shot dead shot by Jordanian security forces and did not commit suicide as security sources had earlier said. . . . The six injured included another two Americans, one critically wounded. The incident took place in a facility that mainly trains Iraqi and Palestinian forces in Muaqar on the eastern outskirts of the capital Amman. more at link: [link to www.jpost.com] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 08:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The US-funded Jordan International Police Training Centre (JIPTC) hosts mainly Palestinian and Iraqi officers. US contractors are sent to the facility in Muwaqqar, on the eastern outskirts of Amman, to assist Jordanian police trainers. . . . The incident comes on the 10th anniversary of bombing attacks by al-Qaeda in Iraq on three hotels in Amman which killed more than 50 people. more at link: [link to www.bbc.com] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 08:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | updates -- -- shooter identified = Anwar Abu Zaid, had served in the criminal investigation department and the police intelligence unit, before joining the training programme in Muwaqar -- police colleagues gunned down the shooter -- the three instructors killed were on contract with Jordanian police -- four Jordanians were also critically injured -- Pentagon trying to verify information, adding that he could not yet confirm the identity of the two dead Americans source link: [link to www.aljazeera.com] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 08:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | different numbers -- "Two other American trainers and four Jordanians were injured in the attack, including one Jordanian in serious condition." more at link: [link to news.xinhuanet.com] bluebonnet |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 70755433 Germany 11/09/2015 09:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It began with the first conquests of mohammed. Just because we refused to see the war that had been declared on us, doesn't mean it didn't exist. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 70693932 Sorry i dont see anything Islam related here. All i see is a Jordanian, in Jordan, killing invaders. When did Jordan declared war on the US? And military camp, i can only hope they weren't training "moderate rebels" there. |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 09:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | update -- Four killed = shooter + three contractor/trainers with the Public Security Department [2 Americans, 1 S.African] Six Injured = 2 American trainers, 4 Jordanians [with one of those four Jordanians being in critical condition] [link to petra.gov.jo] bluebonnet |
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(OP) User ID: 5448856 United States 11/09/2015 09:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hasan Sari ‏@HasanSari7 20m20 minutes ago The shooter who opened fire killing 4, injuring 6 in training camp was Anwar Abu Zaid from Rimon town near Jerash city, #Jordan 14m14 minutes ago State Department says Washington in contact w/ #Jordanian officials after shooting at a training center in Al Muwaqqar, near Amman. #US" [link to twitter.com (secure)] bluebonnet |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 70396136 Canada 11/09/2015 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More likely an ISIS training camp operating under the guise of something else... Just like all the Obama ISIS shit is. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 70734677 That's what it looks like to me. The guy had served in the criminal investigation department and the police intelligence unit. Someone with brain and morals who got disgusted of what they were doing there. |