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2005-03-23 Israel-Palestine

Abdullah: Syria, Hezbollah promote terror against Israel

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Posted by Steve 2005-03-23 2:36:39 PM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Was that a pig I saw flying by the window?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-23 3:22:55 PM|| 2005-03-23 3:22:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 yep - and snowshoes ordered for hell, too

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-23 3:26:09 PM|| 2005-03-23 3:26:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, my surprise meter twitched!
Abdullah also said Iran, Syria and Hezbollah are the greatest threats to stability in the Middle East
For starters, at least. RBers could name a few more.

Posted by Spot 2005-03-23 3:28:46 PM|| 2005-03-23 3:28:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The Hashemite line in Jordan has been bitter enemies of the Damascus regime since Syria became independent in 1946. At that time this Abdullas great grandfather, Abdullah was pursuing a policy of "Greater Syria" with him as its king, in fulfillment of the kingdom of his brother Faisal, who ruled in Damascus before being tossed out by the French (the same Faisal who is friends with Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia) Under Hafez Assad it was Syria that pursued "Greater Syria" and sought to undermine Jordan AND Lebanon, and to take over the PLO (many PLO guys have been killed over the years by Syrian intell) In 1970 Syria and the PLO joined forces in trying to overthrow king hussein. Syrian troops in Lebanon - Syrian undermining of the PA - all part and parcel of the Greater Syria strategy. Obviously young King Abdullah is sharp enough to realize this strategy endangers his own throne.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-23 4:10:50 PM|| 2005-03-23 4:10:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Jordan's King Abdullah warned yesterday that Syria and Hezbollah are encouraging Palestinian activists to carry out terror attacks against Israel, trying to divert attention from the situation in Lebanon and Syria.

*gasp*.....My God...

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-23 4:33:35 PM|| 2005-03-23 4:33:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I believe this is a benefit of making it visibly safer to be friendly than not.

"I am not Saddam Hussein."

Posted by Dishman 2005-03-23 4:35:58 PM|| 2005-03-23 4:35:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I was defending King A yesterday so this makes me feel lucky. Maybe I'll buy a lottery ticket.

Posted by mhw 2005-03-23 4:47:36 PM|| 2005-03-23 4:47:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 This is the same Jordanian royal family that gave the PLO its Waterloo in 1970 : Black September -- the elder King wiped out the PLO plotters along the Syrian agents that tried to overthrow him at the time. That is where the terrorists that hit Munich got their name -- from the Jordanian smackdown that the terrs called Black September.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2005-03-23 5:50:29 PM|| 2005-03-23 5:50:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Besides which, King A is Western educated and realizes that the PLO is as much a threat to his country and royal line as it is to Israel. And Hamas and Hezbollah are even worse : if they could ever get rid of Israel, Jordan is next. So he is stating the obvious to get on the right side of history and the US force projection in the area.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2005-03-23 5:57:00 PM|| 2005-03-23 5:57:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Didn't a Syrian try to off Abdullah not to long ago? Or was it that there was a terrorist plot to kill thousands of Jordanians? In either case, seems to me there's no love lost between Abbie and Ass-ie.

Posted by PlanetDan 2005-03-23 6:03:29 PM|| 2005-03-23 6:03:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 PD - Are you referring to Zarqawi & Co who tried to create and place huge truckbombs of chemicals to wipe out the Jordanian Intelligence Service? IIRC, it was tons of stuff, although I don't recall if it was ever decided how effective the materials chosen would have been. What's not in doubt, however, is that they intended to wipe out Abdullah's FBI/CIA/SS etc in one shot.

Posted by .com 2005-03-23 6:47:04 PM|| 2005-03-23 6:47:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 This is a canny effort by Abdullah to surf the wave of democracy sweeping over the Middle East. I think he would like to go down in history as one of the liberators of the Arab world. Good for him.

Posted by Tibor 2005-03-23 8:09:34 PM|| 2005-03-23 8:09:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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