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In US-run drill, Iraqi SWAT team taught to respond to bombs

In US-run drill, Iraqi SWAT team taught to respond to bombs | iNFOnews.ca
In this Sunday, March 18, 2018 photo, a SWAT team from Iraq's Anbar province watches U.S. instructors staging a training drill on how to respond to a bomb threat and how to detonate the device at the Jordan International Police Training Center, in the Jordanian town of al-Muwaqqar, about 34 miles (55 km) southeast of the capital, Amman. Jordan has become a regional center for training visiting counterterrorism forces from across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, with key programs backed by the United States. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

AL-MUWAQQAR, Jordan – A SWAT team from Iraq’s Anbar province observed U.S. instructors responding to a bomb threat in a drill at a U.S.-backed counter-terrorism training centre in Jordan.

In Sunday’s exercise, U.S instructors prepared explosive charges, including an improvised one using water bottles, to detonate the suspected bomb.

In another section of the Jordan International Police Training Center, Palestinian security forces practiced seizing an armed suspect who had taken over a police station.

More than 7,150 Jordanians and about 1,900 officers from 21 other nations have participated in courses by the State Department’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance program at the site. Thousands of Palestinians have been trained in a different program.

Training includes shooting skills and field medicine, but is adjusted to local needs, said John C. Myers, the ATA program manager in Jordan.

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