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| Jordan's king warns of civil wars |
| 2006-11-27 |
| Jordan's King Abdullah has warned that three civil wars could break out in the Middle East unless the international community takes urgent action. Speaking on US TV, he said conflicts in Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories could spin out of control. King Abdullah is this week hosting both the US president and the Iraqi prime minister for talks against a backdrop of escalating violence in Iraq. The issue will also feature when the Iraqi president visits Iran on Monday. "We could possibly imagine going into 2007 and having three civil wars on our hands," King Abdullah told ABC television. "It is time that we really take a strong step forward as part of the international community and make sure we avert the Middle East from a tremendous crisis that I fear and I see could possibly happen in 2007." "Because these civil wars could cause me to lose my throne, and we can't let that happen!" A tentative ceasefire for the Gaza Strip is currently in place, but King Abdullah said the central issue in the region remained the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "Palestine is the core," he said. "It is linked to the extent of what's going on in Iraq." "It is linked to what's going on in Lebanon. It is linked to the issues that we find ourselves with the Syrians. So, if you want to do comprehensive - comprehensive means bringing all the parties of the region together." King Abdullah will host US President George W Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Amman later this week. He said the US should look at the big picture in seeking a resolution to the problems in Iraq and bring in all of the region, including Syria and Iran. He said if a regional peace process did not develop soon, "there won't be anything to talk about". |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Sweatin' bullets. "Keep them crazy Paleos in the West Bank!" |
| Posted by: Uneagum Spinter2998 2006-11-27 20:31 |
| #6 Don't give a Shiaght what this fool has to say. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2006-11-27 15:03 |
| #5 Plan B. Sunni Iraq, West Bank, and non-Kurdish Syria join Jordan. Sunni can kill Sunni and nobody cares and this King has some claim to Mecca and all. Kurdish Syria and Kurdish Iraq go independent. We work as hard as possible to get Kurds from Turkey to migrate to mellow out the idiot Turks and agitate the Kurds in Iran hoping to carve off as section of that troublesome country. Shia Iraq are on their own. We use them to agitate the Shia Arabs across the border in Saudi Arabia and Iran hoping to carve off sections of those countries or force their leaders into behaving. And Sadr gets a bullet with his name on it as a warning to Shia Iraqi leaders about becoming Iranian puppets. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-11-27 11:12 |
| #4 It's pretty bold for Jordan to say the Paleo problem is for the "international community" to solve. After all, the Paleos are rightly Jordanians - how about Jordan solving the problem by taking them in? Bwahahahaha! |
| Posted by: Spot 2006-11-27 08:19 |
| #3 The stupid rag-heads have been at each others throats non stop for 1000's of years . The only thing that keeps them all together is their delusional logic that joo's and the USA are the great enemy . I say do a number on em , pull out of everywhere then flatten the shit hole till it glows and put them all out of their never ending self inflicted misery . |
| Posted by: MacNails 2006-11-27 07:04 |
| #2 "Palestine is the core," he said. "It is linked to the extent of what's going on in Iraq." Suppose the Palestinians were happy starting now. How would that change Iraq? Other than the Palestinians will only be happy if Israel were gone and the US out of the picture. I don't buy it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-27 03:37 |
| #1 My feeling is that red-on-red action in the Arab world is a feature, not a bug. Is there any way we can get Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to join in the festivities? |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2006-11-27 02:25 |