From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I do wonder if this will further destabilize Jordan. If anyone else needs
an entire region hovering at the brink just give the Bushies a call


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:45efb326{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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_
topstories
>>
>>
>> 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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