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A Homeland for the Palestinians?
Why they? How about
all those others?
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STRATFOR GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE UPDATE
Uniting Jordan, Iraq post-war goal?
(a blast from the past ...or is it?)
Establishment of Hashemite kingdom being floated in diplomatic circles
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Rice says Jordan's security vital to US
Jordan Times 2005/6/20
“We have no better friend than Jordan, a good friend, a
strategic partner in the shared vision of peace and stability
and increasingly a shared vision of reform in this region,” she said.
“We value [our] friendship with the Jordanian people,” she added,
praising the Kingdom as a “strategic partner” in the fight against
terrorism.
Hmmm .... and where do you
suppose Israel is positioned on the totem pole in these
last days?
compare this with
story 6/17 story below "America's irreplaceable ally"
King urges gov't-MPs 'new chapter'
Jordan Times 2005/6/20
King Abdullah ... urged a "new chapter" between deputies
and the government, which, he said, should work as "one team"
... that such challenges are mainly economic and not political, saying
that "judgement should be on programmes and not on persons." ...
still browbeating his
government into submission
China, Jordan agree to strengthen ties
Jordan Times 2005/6/20
...
The King referred to the Amman Message launched last year,
describing it as representing the true image of Islam ...
King Abdullah underlined the importance of the roadmap peace plan
for settling the Arab-Israeli conflict. ... Li voiced China's
appreciation of the King's endeavours to modernise Jordan and his
efforts towards establishing peace in Palestine and Iraq. ...
Li signed an agreement on Saturday to give the Kingdom a $2.4
million grant to finance development projects.
Revelation 6:2 And I
saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a
crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to
conquer.
America's irreplaceable ally
townhall.com 2005/6/17
... The positive consequences for America of its alliance with
a strong and secure Israel are enormous and unique. The negative
consequences of an abandonment of Israel will be equally vast.
Why would Singapore or India or any other US ally trust an America
that would abandon Israel? And how will the US be more secure if it
increases its dependence on Arab regimes that are inherently hostile
to it and everything it stands for?
compare this with
story 6/20 story above "Rice says Jordan's security vital to US"
contributed by Bob Anderson
Syria: Bring back the carrots
International Herald Tribune -
France 2005/6/17
... in Iraq in increasing numbers. Damascus has cut back
on intelligence cooperation with Washington. The Syrian government is
once ...
King inaugurates new CDD headquarters
Jordan Times 2005/6/16
... The King toured the five-storey building and was briefed on
the latest communication technologies installed there, including an
audio-video system that is designed to connect the 12 CDD directorates
in the Kingdom. ...
Jordan's finance minister resigns
Middle East Online - UK
2005/6/16
... has resigned, a government official said, after coming
under sharp criticism in parliament over the dismal state of
Jordan's economy. King Abdullah II said in
...
Power in the Middle East: The new Pharaohs
Independent - London,England,UK
2005/6/16
... The Middle East already gave birth to one such political
dynasty, when Bashar Assad succeeded his father, Hafez
Assad, after the Syrian president's death. ...
Syrian opposition figure in Baghdad to destabilize the regime in
...
Arabic News - USA 2005/6/16
He told reporters in Baghdad that he held "meetings with Iraqi
officials in the interim Iraqi government and several leaders
opponents to Damascus." Al-Ghadiri ...
Egypt sets new conditions for presidential candidates
Jordan
Times 2005/6/16
... "Amendments were brought in at Mubarak's request requiring
that any candidate must prove he has a clean financial record, a
certificate showing he performed his military duties and a signed
declaration certifying he does not hold a second nationality," ...
US aims to blend roadmap with Oslo Accords
DEBKAfile 2005/6/15
... their thinking is to resuscitate the 1993 Oslo
Accords Phase 3 which calls for Israel’s withdrawal from 60 percent of
the West Bank – excluding East Jerusalem, Israeli communities and
military facilities. The US conception would blend Oslo 3 and Middle
East roadmap clause 2 ...
contributed by Bob Anderson
The city is in the east - the planners are in the west
Jerusalem Post -
Jerusalem,Israel 2005/6/14
... special days of return to the Old City and the Temple
Mount have been ... solutions, and especially the
westward development proposed by the Jerusalem Master Plan
...
Syria replaces powerful intelligence chief
Reuters AlertNet -
London,England,UK 2005/6/14
DAMASCUS, June 14 (Reuters) - Syria has appointed a new
intelligence chief as part of steps to loosen the ruling Baath's
party's tight grip on political life ...
Muslim Target
FrontPageMagazine 2005/6/14
...
Fallaci said: “The hate for the West swells like a fire fed by the
wind. The clash between us and them is not a military one. It is a
cultural one, a religious one, and the worst is still to come.” ...
contributed by Bob Anderson
Freedom's call squeezes ally Jordan
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
2005/6/14
... Jordan - (KRT) - One morning last spring, two men
from Jordan's interior ministry ... neglecting an
important duty: to hang a portrait of King Abdullah
II on the ...
UN envoy meets Assad for talks as Damascus denies reports of
hit ...
Daily Star - Lebanon -
Beirut,Lebanon 2005/6/13
BEIRUT: UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen met Syrian President Bashar
Assad for critical talks in Damascus yesterday but declined to
discuss the meeting which comes ...
Giving Voice to the Arab League: Who Failed?
Washington Report on Middle East
Affairs - Middle East 2005 May-June
... in both US and Israeli governmental and media reaction to
the summit was the absence of League consideration of a proposal by
Jordan's King Abdullah II. ...
An Updated List of Vetoes Cast by the United States to Shield ...
Washington Report on Middle East
Affairs - Middle East 2005,May-June
... an Israeli soldier who shot 11 Muslim worshippers on the
Temple Mount of the Haram al-Sharaf near the Al-Aqsa Mosque
in the Old City of Jerusalem; vote: 14 to 1 ...
Syria feels the heat from US
Sydney Morning Herald
(subscription) - New South Wales,Australia 2005/6/13
United States accusations that Syria plans to assassinate
prominent Lebanese politicians in the midst of Lebanon's parliamentary
elections have caused more ...
Daniel 7:8 I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots
A Window of Opportunity for Lebanon's Anti-Syria Coalition
Washington Post -
Washington,DC,USA 2005/6/12
... "Syria is out of our geography, but not out of
... "Syria's aim is to plunge Lebanon again into deep chaos
and crisis because it finds itself in total distress.". ...
Daniel 7:8 I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots
Israel still a dilemma for Jordan's leaders
Tallahassee.com -
Tallahassee,FL,USA 2005/6/12
... abandoning its treaty with Israel would be very costly for
Jordan, jeopardizing some ... King Abdullah
II is wary of any political changes that could allow that to
...
Bizarre spin from Syria
Washington Times -
Washington,DC,USA 2005/6/12
... strange front-page tome that appeared in The Washington
Post on Wednesday about Syria's support for Iraq's terrorist
insurgency, President Bashar Assad and his ...
Daniel 7:8 I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots
Washington, Jerusalem and Amman Prepare for Abbas' Exit
DEBKA file - Israel 2005/6/12
... actions under a new Iranian president -- Hashemi Rafsanjani
is the most widely tipped to win in a second round, contemplating
Bashar Assad's continued rule ...
Washington accuses Damascus of scaring Lebanon
Arabic News - USA 2005/6/11
Washington has accused Damascus of creating an atmosphere of
horror in Lebanon and of interfering in its internal affairs and of
not withdrawing members of its ...
Daniel 7:8 I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots
King Abdullah II calls for citizens to promote
peace
KWQC-TV - Davenport,IA,USA
2005/6/10
CHICAGO Jordan's King Abdullah the Second says
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the core issue in the Middle East
and without a solution it will be ...
End of the U.S.-Turkey alliance: Ties 'more allergic than strategic'
World Tribune 2005/6/10
... For the first time in a long while there is a military
command in Washington that thinks negatively about Turkey. This is a
very serious fracture." ...
contributed by Rob
Unresolved Palestinian issue affects growth of democracy
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
2005/6/10
... its treaty with Israel would be very costly for Jordan,
jeopardizing about ... King Abdullah II is
wary of any political changes that could allow that to happen ...
US Expresses Concern for Lebanese Leaders
Washington Post -
Washington,DC,USA 2005/6/10
... The senior administration official claimed that a "variety
of credible Lebanese sources" had said Damascus has developed a
"hit list" of senior Lebanese ...
US accuses Syria of intefering in Lebanon
USA Today - USA 2005/6/10
... accused Syria of failing to live up to the terms of a
United Nations resolution that it withdraw all its forces from Lebanon
and accused Damascus of meddling ...
Mideast poised for 'real advances,' Jordan's king says
Chicago Sun-Times -
Chicago,IL,USA 2005/6/10
In his second visit to Chicago in a year, Jordan's King
Abdullah II Thursday heralded recent reforms in the
Middle East, from the cease-fire in the Israeli ...
UN alert as nuclear plans go missing
GuardianUnlimited The
Guardian 2005/6/9
Electronic
drawings ... of how to build and test equipment essential for making
nuclear bombs have vanished and could be put up for sale on the
international black market ...
Arms cache found at Iraqi embassy
Guardian Unlimited - UK 2005/6/9
... silencers and Kalashnikov and Uzi machine guns - could have
been used in attacks on former Iraqi politicians by members of the
Mukhabarat, Saddam Hussein's ...
Did Jews Attack the Temple Mount?
FrontPage magazine.com - Los
Angeles,CA,USA 2005/6/9
... country's outrage over the "provocative act" of a group of
Jews who had the audacity to go up to the Temple Mount
in commemoration of Jerusalem Day, the ...
King Abdullah's vision for peace
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
2005/6/9
King Abdullah II of Jordan flew to Chicago
on Wednesday to share his dream of opening a private boarding school
outside Amman for students of different faiths ...
Middle Israel: The decline and fall of the European empire
Jerusalem Post -
Jerusalem,Israel 2005/6/9
One of the more hilarious calls made during this week's Ba'ath Party
convention in Damascus was to permit the restructuring of
ailing state firms, but without ...
'Sanhedrin' plans rebuilding of Temple
WorldNetDaily - Grants
Pass,OR,USA 2005/6/8
... is calling upon all groups involved in Temple
Mount research to ... that convened adjacent to the Holy
Temple before its ... in 70 AD and outside Jerusalem
until about ...
US must do more to stop PKK: Gul
Anatolian Times - Anakara,Turkey
2005/6/8
... Gul, who is accompanying Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan on an official visit to the US, told journalists after the
meeting that the terrorist threat posed ...
Business Development Centre to continue the operations of JUSBP ...
Middle East North Africa
Financial Network - Middle East 2005/6/8
... The US ranked as Jordan's top export market in 2003,
representing 31 ... improving market access and supporting the
development of the King Abdullah II Award for
...
Daniel 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper
in his hand
Mubarak-Abdullah Summit Covers Middle East, Bilateral Ties
EgyptElection.com - USA 2005/6/8
At a fresh summit meeting between President Hosni Mubarak and King
Abdullah II of Jordan, the two leaders discussed
in Sharm el -Sheikh yesterday the latest ...
Syria's president moves to tighten grip on power
Financial Times -
London,England,UK 2005/6/8
Delegates at Syria's ruling Ba'ath party congress yesterday
said Abdul Halim Khaddam, the country's vice-president, had expressed
his intention to resign from ...
Policy on Syria Moves Toward Regime Change
New York Sun (subscription) -
New York,NY,USA 2005/6/8
... suggest a more concerted effort by the Bush administration
to foment the collapse of the regime, according to America's
ambassador in Damascus between 2001 and ...
Daniel 7:8 I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots
Syrian Kurds, spurred by peers in Iraq, seek their rights
KurdishMedia - UK 2005/6/8
DAMASCUS, June 8 (AFP) - 6h02 - Spurred by the Kurds' political
advance in Iraq, the Kurdish minority in Syria is hoping the Baath
party congress in Damascus ...
Ruins recovered near Damascus
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
2005/6/8
The National Archeological Mission in Dar'a, 120 km south Damascus,
descovered roofed channels and basalt walls encircled by limestone
rows in the Tal ...
Election win adds power to Hezbollah
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
2005/6/7
... Also Monday, Secretary General Kofi Annan instructed a top
UN envoy to leave quickly for Syria to see President Bashar
Assad about Lebanon, but UN officials ...
Temple Mount: Arabs stone police, Jews
Jerusalem Post -
Jerusalem,Israel 2005/6/6
... refused to permit members of the right-wing Temple
Mount Faithful organization to enter the Temple Mount
compound Monday morning to celebrate Jerusalem Day. ...
The Temple Mount -- still in our hands?
Jerusalem Post -
Jerusalem,Israel2005/6/5
Is the Temple Mount really "in our hands," as general
Motta Gur reported after his paratroops had secured the area? And is
Jerusalem "the eternal undivided ...
Historic Live Broadcast on Voice of Israel Radio, June 7th, 1967
IsraCast - Jerusalem,Israel
2005/6/5
... The Temple Mount is in our hands! I repeat,
the Temple Mount is in our hands! ... Uzi Eilam
blows the Shofar. Soldiers are singing ‘Jerusalem of Gold'.].
...
Court forbids group to enter Mount on J'lem Day
Jerusalem Post -
Jerusalem,Israel 2005/6/5
... Sunday refused to permit members of the right-wing
Temple Mount Faithful organization to enter the Temple
Mount compound this morning to celebrate Jerusalem Day
...
Jews seek Israeli control of Noble Sanctuary
Aljazeera.net - Doha,Qatar
2005/6/5
... has announced it will march to al-Aqsa Noble Sanctuary
compound in Jerusalem on 6 ... the Dome of the Rock
mosque and is referred to by Jews as the Temple Mount .
...
His Majesty King Abdullah II lays foundation for
Jordan Gate
Property World ME (press
release) - Dubai,United Arab Emirates 2005/6/4
... like to thank His Majesty King Abdullah II
for his presence here today, and for all his support and continuous
interest in developing the Jordan economy for ...
US seeks to keep EU deal with Syria on hold
Reuters AlertNet -
London,England,UK 2005/6/4
... 4 (Reuters) - The Bush administration wants the European
Union to hold off on signing a trade and aid pact with Syria, citing
doubts Damascus has withdrawn all ...
Report: Syria test-fires three Scud missiles, Israelis say
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
2005/6/3
... the Times said they interpreted the launchings as a gesture
of defiance to the United States and the United Nations by Syrian
President Bashar Assad, who has ...
Israel releases 400 prisoners but Palestinians say gesture ...
Daily Star - Lebanon -
Beirut,Lebanon 2005/6/3
... On the diplomatic front, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad
Qorei held separate talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad
and Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa in ...
NEPCO installs underground cables - Jordan
Middle East North Africa
Financial Network - Middle East 2005/6/3
... setting up the project," Hiyasat told The Jordan
Times yesterday. ... arrangements to sign an agreement with the
Ministry of Information and Communications ...
U.N.: Weapons Equipment Missing in Iraq
apnews MyWay 2005/6/2
U.N. satellite imagery experts have determined
that material that could be used to make biological or chemical
weapons and banned long-range missiles has been removed from 109 sites
in Iraq ...
contributed by Bob Anderson
Lebanon paper says Syria still interfering
Washington Times -
Washington,DC,USA 2005/6/2
... The newspaper said that pro-Syria Lebanese MP Elie Ferzali
visited Damascus on Monday and met with the former chief of
Syrian intelligence in Lebanon, Gen. ...
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Al-Zarqawi received treatment in Amman hospital: Arab Times
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MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
2005/6/1
... and under the supervision of the Jordanian King
Abdullah II, the US-based daily Arab Times reported on
Wednesday. There are reliable news in Jordan that al ...
The Hashemite saga and the tragedies of Arab history
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United
Arab Emirates 2005/6/1
... station, succeeded by his young son Faisal II, who
was ... Three years later, Abdullah was murdered by a
gunman ... That young boy, later King Hussein, was the
father ...
Israel to bulldoze Arab homes
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
2005/6/1
... destroy an entire Palestinian neighbourhood in
traditionally Arab East Jerusalem, a move ... beneath
the walled old city and the sensitive Temple Mount/ al-Haram
al ...
Lebanon's sovereignty
Jerusalem Post -
Jerusalem,Israel 2005/6/1
... The triumph of the son of a slain leader -- anathema to
Damascus -- seems to denote a further break from Syria and a
reaffirmation of Lebanese sovereignty. ...
Could Assad fall?
Washington Times -
Washington,DC,USA 2005/6/1
In this Editorial section today, guest columnist Farid Ghadry,
president of the Reform Party of Syria, makes the case that Bashar
Assad's Ba'athist ...
Daniel 7:8 I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots
Time for change in Syria
Washington Times -
Washington,DC,USA 2005/6/1
... traditional business community. The Allawite families are
the last wall of defense for Syrian leader Bashar Assad.
Although Mr. Assad's ...
Daniel 7:8 I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots
Arab intelligence services in the crosshairs
Africasia - Africa June 2005
in may 2005, king abdullah ii of jordan
removed the powerful chief of his intelligence service with the avowed
intention of reducing the role of that service ...
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