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| Syria seals border with Jordan |
| 2011-04-25 |
| A Jordanian security official says Syria has sealed the border with Jordan and is preventing people from leaving the country. The Jordanian border crossing lies close to the southern Syrian town of Daraa, where government forces were launching a sharp crackdown on protesters Monday. Some of the fiercest protests against the Syrian regime have taken place in Daraa. The border closure may aim to prevent Syrian demonstrators and activists from feeling to nearby Jordan. |
| Posted by:Zebulon Thranter9685 |
| #3 The smart move for Assad would be to open the border to people leaving, while closing it to people trying to get back in. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2011-04-25 23:44 |
| #2 Syria has too many Sunnis (who are a 75% majority). Jordan has too many Palestinians. If Assad can encourage 10m Sunnis to move to Jordan, thereby reducing their Syrian % to 50%, that would partially solve his demographic problem, while also helping to solve Jordan's problem of an excessive % of Palestinians. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2011-04-25 23:42 |
| #1 See also PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > SYRIA: ARAB VERSION OF "YUGOSLAVIA"?, where the USA doesn't end up smelling like a Rose = Hero no matter what it + NATO, EU + UNSC tried??? It was post-Soviet Russia + China back then under POTUS Billary, now its IRAN + SHIA-VS-SUNNI GEOPOL STRUGGLE in addition to already extant = pre-estalished REGIONAL MUSLIM ANTI-FOREIGNER SENSITIVITIES??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-25 22:18 |