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PREVIEW: From a conversation with Josh Rogin of the Washington Post re the strategic mission for Tower 22 snd the network of US outposts in the tri-border region of Jordan, Syria and Iraq -- and why Tahran wants the US to leave the region. More tonight.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: From a conversation with Josh Rogin of the Washington Post re the strategic mission for Tower 22 snd the network of US outposts in the tri-border region of Jordan, Syria and Iraq -- and why Tahran wants the US to leave the region. More tonight.

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Like some kind of Pizza Ninja, Domino's are slicing their prices.

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Domino's Price Slice.

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Small pizzas now 8 quid, medium now 10 quid, and large now 12 quid.

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Yet we're making cuts too.

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Ties and see see Domino's dot code.

0:20.0

UK. This is John Batcheler.

0:21.0

Spoke with Josh Rogan of the Washington Post about Tower 22, the U.S.

0:27.4

base in Jordan across from Syria, where the attack was made by Iranian-backed Iraqi militias within these last days.

0:38.9

Tower 22 and Tamp the site across the border and other sites in this general area are there

0:48.8

yes to fight ISIS and to keep ISIS from redeploying inside Syria which is a failed state and

0:57.4

darkness visible but also this is the highway from Tehran to Damascus to Beirut traveled by IRGC and Syrian militias and

1:07.8

equipment and resupplies and missiles this is a highway flowing right through that tri-border area, Iraq, Jordan, and

1:17.3

Syria.

1:18.8

Tower 22 sits there as a block and the Iranians want to drive the Americans and their allies out of the

1:25.7

region so the highway is theirs once again entirely.

1:30.0

Here's Josh Rogan to explain. Well there's a network of highways and this base

1:34.7

this set of bases rather is at a crucial point in one of one node of that network

1:39.8

so there's a there's a couple of different highways through Syria.

1:42.8

This is the one that happens to be most used by Iraqi militias going to Syria.

1:47.0

And then from Syria onto Lebanon.

1:48.8

So yeah, it's about as strategic as it gets.

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