[Thinkin' Gal]

But uniting Jordan and Iraq under a Hashemite government may give Washington several strategic advantages. First, the creation of a new pro-U.S. kingdom under the half-American Abdullah...

Stratfor ought to pay more attention to detail. That's an unacceptable error. Well, at least people are trying to catch up. Maybe they've been digging in the FR archives, reading maps, or perhaps somebody stumbled upon...

Daniel 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

[tomahawk]

Exactly right. Abdullah's mother was not American. A stupid statement that undermines the whole piece.

[seeker41]

Good catch..Strafor should research linages better.