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| Jordan says arrested 20 Hamas activists in plot |
| 2006-05-10 |
| AMMAN - Jordan said on Wednesday it had arrested 20 Hamas activists in an alleged plot last month to stage attacks on its soil and was searching for new arms caches after it found armaments that included Iranian rocket launchers. Government spokesperson Nasser Joudeh told reporters latest interrogations of the Palestinian groupÂ’s members revealed the militant organisation had sought to recruit activists in Jordan for military training in Syria and Iran. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 i would love to see Jordan controlling the WBank. Jordan DID control the West Bank from 1948 to 1967. They did very little with the territory other than keep the seething down and ignoring the whole area. During the same period, Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip. There is no "Palestinian" people, only Arabs living in what was mandated as Palestine by the British, and occupied from 1924 to 1948. When Israel declared its independence, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, among others, declared war against it, and managed to capture the West Bank and Gaza. That was considered "occupied" Palestine until the 1967 war (both Egypt and Jordan issued postage stamps for this "occupied" territory). Frankly, I think the Israelis should re-conquer both territories, kick out ALL the Arabs, and tell their Arab neighbors to either assimilate them or kill them, but they're not coming back to Israel. At least there would be fewer places for Israel to be attacked from. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-05-10 14:33 |
| #4 i would love to see Jordan controlling the WBank. |
| Posted by: Omomoque Jomoter1383 2006-05-10 13:01 |
| #3 Jordan's moderates are a thin upper class. It is fortunate they have the loyalty of the army (I think largely because of tribal fiefdom management) because most of the population is of the 'antiAmerican-kill-thezionists-yes-to honor-murder' way of thinking. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-05-10 12:23 |
| #2 "But Jordan doesnt seem to be playing along." Perhaps it is because the Hashemites remember what happened in 1970-71? |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-05-10 10:49 |
| #1 look at the map. If theres a pal civil war, west bank is seperated from Gaza by Israel. If Hamas wins in Gaza, and Fatah wins in West Bank, all the Hamas guys in the WB are vulnerable. Only way to smuggle weapons in is through Jordan. But Jordan doesnt seem to be playing along. Good thing Israel is at peace with Jordan, and maintains good relations with them. Good thing the US keeps up good relations with Jordan, and doesnt ignore the need to keep ties to moderates in the muslim world. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2006-05-10 09:36 |