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Home Jordan News Only US to join annual Jordan war games 15-05-2016 03:40 PM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Only Jordan and the United States are to take part in this year's Eager Lion military exercise, commanders said Sunday, compared with the 18 nations which participated last year. A total of 6,000 troops will undertake 10 days of maneuvers in the kingdom – 3,000 from each country and including special forces as well as air, ground and naval forces, Brigadier General Ralph Groover said. Jordan's Brigadier General Fahd al-Damen said nothing should be read into the absence of other participating countries this year. "This exercise was from the outset a bilateral event but in recent years we organised multilateral maneuvers at the request of other countries," he told a news conference.

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Only US to join annual Jordan war games

15-05-2016 03:40 PM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Only Jordan and the United States are to take part in this year's Eager Lion military exercise, commanders said Sunday, compared with the 18 nations which participated last year.

A total of 6,000 troops will undertake 10 days of maneuvers in the kingdom – 3,000 from each country and including special forces as well as air, ground and naval forces, Brigadier General Ralph Groover said.

Jordan's Brigadier General Fahd al-Damen said nothing should be read into the absence of other participating countries this year.

"This exercise was from the outset a bilateral event but in recent years we organised multilateral maneuvers at the request of other countries," he told a news conference.

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