A Lethal Attack in Jordan: Time to Punish Iran

After 160 attacks Iranian-backed militia killed three US service members. Limited escalation is no longer an option.

Tower-22 base that was struck by Iranian-backed drone missiles from Iraq. (Photo: Google Earth)

Since the start of the Israeli counteroffensive operation, Swords of Iron, Iranian-backed guerilla groups in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq have been peppering US forces in the Middle East with Shahid–136 drones and ballistic missiles.  US forces have defended themselves from over 160 drone and cruise missile attacks but over 100 soldiers were wounded. Today it became lethal.

Iranian-backed aggression culminated in an attack on a small special operations forces (SOF) base in Jordan known as Tower-22.  This base is juxtaposed in the tri-border areas of Jordan, Iraq, and Syria. T-22 has been in operation for well over a decade as a hidden entry and exit point for US long-range, special forces missions into Syria.

T-22 is an extremely remote base. And it's one of the few places that US special operations maintains that gets little to no scrutiny. It has been an open secret that this base operat…