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| Middle East |
| Pro-Iraqi pressure building in Jordan |
| 2002-05-06 |
| U.S. officials are concerned that King Abdullah will be overwhelmed by the rise in anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli sentiment in the kingdom. The sentiment, said to be supported by Iraq, has sparked large and increasingly violent demonstrations in Jordan. "We are getting SOS signals from Jordan," a U.S. intelligence source said. "This is not a problem that money can buy." Iraq's got a pretty good fifth column going in Jordan, and may see itself eventually in the same position with regard to that country as Syria is with Lebabon. Internal pressure pushed King Hussein into supporting Sammy during the Gulf War - making Jordan Iraq's only ally besides Yemen. That also got Jordan slapped around for awhile after the war, which was also something King Abdullah noticed. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |