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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Jordan denies transport of US military equipment to border with Syria
2005-11-20
Jordan denied reports on planned transportation of US military equipment to the border with neighboring Syria with the aim of putting pressure on Damascus. The deputy prime minister and spokesman of the government, Dr. Marwan Al-Muashar, in remarks published by the daily newspapers on Friday, denied a report, published by the Washington Post, that Washington was planning to transport four billion dollars worth of military equipment from Qatar and Bahrain to the Jordanian-Syrian border region "in a bid to exert pressure on Damascus. "We have frequently read such unfounded reports that are aimed at harming Jordan," he said.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Mr. Fourth Dimension, Lot Of Laughs. thank you.
Posted by: Red Dog   2005-11-20 17:00  

#9  All this conflict in the ME reminds me not of chess, but of a card game we used to play as kids, called "Shit on your Neighbor." In that game, cheating was legal, you formed temporary alliances to dump on someone that was getting too far ahead, but the bottom line was that you were looking out for yourself. I sure don't remember how the rules went....heh.
Posted by: Al Aska Paul   2005-11-20 16:59  

#8  I win.
Posted by: 4th Dimension Independent Rook O Doom   2005-11-20 11:29  

#7  iirc Jordan does have American made equipment, so technically it could be the movement of US manufactured equipment. However, as to ownership, it might just be Jordanian equipment. Between Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Iraq, the Syrians certainly know how to make friends and neighbors. The adage 'when you're in a hole, quit digging' doesn't translate obviously.
Posted by: Glock Thrang2756   2005-11-20 09:28  

#6  The chess analogy is more than amusing. The war is among a series of moves in a game of three-dimensional chess with multiple players on each side and one is not sure which side is which, in which the pieces can move by themselves, in which a rook can masquerade as a pawn. To listen to Tinseltown clowns or the MSM, one would think this is a game of Go-Fish. To throw the words back at one particularly irksome perpetrator, "Honey, this ain't no rock and roll show."
Posted by: Curt Simon   2005-11-20 07:51  

#5  ohhh..lookie..a new battle front.

Just my HO, but the dead Sparky Zarky is making a tactical error. But, hey. It's not like me to complain if this becomes a Muslim on Muslim conflict. Because, if you get right down to it, that's what this really is.
Posted by: 2b   2005-11-20 06:57  

#4  "that Washington was planning to transport four billion dollars worth of military equipment from Qatar and Bahrain to the Jordanian-Syrian border region " 4 Billion!!! wtf are several divisions heading that way?? hope so....
Posted by: Shep UK   2005-11-20 05:04  

#3  mas 'o Frijoles porfavor
Posted by: hose a   2005-11-20 03:56  

#2  Break out the salsa and tortillas, it's time to serve up a little carnage Assada.
Posted by: Zenster   2005-11-20 03:08  

#1  denied reports on planned transportation of US military equipment

doesn't mean it ain't happenin
Posted by: Frank G   2005-11-20 01:07  

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