Do you recall the deaths of two Americans in Jordan just last week?

In case you have forgotten…..I know how quickly we Americans can forget stuff……

Two American instructors and a South African were killed by a police officer at a training center in Jordan on Monday before the shooter was killed by security forces, reports CNN. Two Americans and four Jordanians were also wounded in the incident, which took place in the cafeteria of the US-backed Jordan International Police Training Center in Muwaqqar, outside the capital of Amman, per NBC News. One Jordanian died later in the hospital, reports Al Jazeera; a government rep says one of the wounded Americans is in critical condition. The Guardian reports the facility is used by security officers from across the Middle East, while the BBC notes it hosts mainly Palestinian and Iraqi officers.

Though details of the incident are still sketchy, the timing has raised concerns of a link to the al-Qaeda suicide bombing attacks on hotels in Amman, which left almost 60 people dead exactly 10 years ago, reports the New York Times. Jordanian media initially reported the incident as “accidental,” but the government rep now calls the shooting a “crime.” He adds an investigation is underway. A government-run newspaper identifies the shooter as a veteran police officer who formerly served as a captain in the criminal investigation department before being moved to the training center.

There has been a wealth of chatter about the deaths of 2 Americans in Jordan……most of it by people that are upset that these deaths were American and they set about throwing all sorts of accusations about the region and its inhabitant’s hate for Americans…..I wish they had shown the same amount of concern when another American of Arab descent was brutally beaten by Israeli officials……but that was another day and after all he was a Palestinian-American visiting his grandparents in the country they lived….(sad that anyone would think like that…but it is the times we live).  (Makes me think of the attack on the USS Liberty)……

First, these people were not American troops….they were in fact private “security consultants”…..in real life they are mercenaries,  that term they hate so to be political correct, you know that term that most Righties despise, working with the Jordanians on a defense contract……in case there is some confusion….I detest people that use the term “political correctness” as some sort of argument because they have nothing else to use….these are the same people that find one incident and use it as a sample of what the entire issue is about….

Sorry…I digress…..

The big question is why would Jordanians, our friends, turn on a couple of Americans?

Preliminary investigations indicate that the perpetrator, a former officer in an investigations department who was sent to the camp, has no known ties to terrorist organizations. On the other hand, the incident, in which several others were injured, occurred on the 10th anniversary of Al-Qaida attacks on three hotels in Amman, which killed more than 60 people.

“It’s hard to ignore that connection – especially on a day in which newspapers in Jordan are mentioning the country’s determination to combat terrorism and its successes so far,” one Jordanian analyst told Haaretz. “I hope the investigation shows that this was a madman and not a deliberate attack by Al-Qaida or ISIS.”

One could, perhaps, look for a link between the shooting attack and ISIS. For years this particular police camp has trained Iraqi fighters and Libyan and Yemeni rebels, as well as Syrian opposition forces. Three years ago there was a “revolt” by Libyan trainees who complained of the harsh conditions and the food there. They broke equipment and furniture, and threatened to hurt their instructors if they were not moved to luxurious hotels and chauffeured to camp. Since then there have been no incidents there.

ISIS has no reason to attack the camp since Jordan has since stopped training Syrian fighters there, mainly for lack of volunteers. This followed a U.S. admission that its ambitious program to train 3,000 Syrian rebels had failed. Al-Qaida does indeed have a score to settle with Jordan, but this attack was not its style.

(Haaretz.com)

So the reason for the attack is still unclear….but it may be nothing more than a pay back….a debt that these people had to pay for with their lives….

Will we ever get the rest of the story on this attack?  My guess will be……NO!