From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> refugee Iraqis now one tenth of Jordan's population?
>

I wonder if Abdullah will make like his Dad & do a Black
September....except against the Iraqis

One huge chunk is Palestinian & one is Iraqi....hummm...I see a new
state's outlines.....

Med to Basra.....




Adam

> http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.refugees/index.html?eref=rss_t
opstories
>
>
> The United Nations estimates 700,000 Iraqis have fled to Jordan -- more
> than one-tenth the entire kingdom's population. As many as 1 million
> more Iraqis are estimated to have sought refuge in Syria, about 120,000
> are in Egypt and 40,000 in Lebanon, according to the United Nations.
> (Watch Iraqis tell their stories )
>
> Inside Iraq, another 1 million to 2 million people have been forced out
> of their homes as a result of the violence, according to the United
> Nations. About 26 million people live in Iraq.
>
> nside Iraq, another 1 million to 2 million people have been forced out
> of their homes as a result of the violence, according to the United
> Nations. About 26 million people live in Iraq.
>
> "It's been a simmering crisis for quite a while, and it's just coming to
> everybody's realization," said Robert Breen, the representative in Amman
> for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
>
> Further compounding the situation, Jordan and Syria recently tightened
> their border crossings, making it more difficult for Iraqis to escape,
> leaving long lines of people at the border hoping to get out. Other
> neighboring nations, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey and Iran, have been
> even more strict about letting Iraqis in. (See where Iraqis are fleeing)
>
> 'Strain' on economy
>
> To enter Jordan, Iraqi refugees have to be more than 40 years old or
> younger than 20, have enough money to support themselves inside the
> kingdom and have a new passport -- passports that Iraqis say are
> difficult to come by, according to the United Nations.
>
> Many of those fleeing are doctors, lawyers and engineers, all top flight
> professionals looking for work or for visas to move on to other countries.
>
> "It does stretch the country. It is a strain on our natural
resources,"
> said Nasser Judeh, a Jordanian government spokesman. "Our economy is
> already strained. We have problems with unemployment."

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