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To: liberallarry

I think your position fails logically. Almost as many Palestinians, excluding fedayeen, live in Jordan as live elsewhere. And the West Bank WAS part of Jordan from '48-'67.

While there are ruling families/tribes, and jealousies between others, there exists no one tribe - one country rule in the Arab world.


30 posted on 07/13/2006 9:00:58 AM PDT by D-fendr
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To: D-fendr
Almost as many Palestinians, excluding fedayeen, live in Jordan as live elsewhere.

You've neglected to mention Black September.

And the West Bank WAS part of Jordan from '48-'67.

It was also part of the Ottoman Empire c.1550 to 1918, and of the British protectorate 1920 to 1948. So what?

While there are ruling families/tribes, and jealousies between others, there exists no one tribe - one country rule in the Arab world.

I was speaking broadly. Evidence suggests that the Sunni-Shiite animosity is worsening, that tensions between Arab and non-Arab Muslims are worsening, that Lebanon is coming apart again, that Egypt and Iran are in for some very rough times. And, of course, Iraq is in the midst of a combined civil war and occupation.

31 posted on 07/13/2006 9:16:49 AM PDT by liberallarry
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