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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:55 PM Original message |
BREAKING: Jordan Begins Revoking Palestinians' Citizenship |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Um... what plot? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. This isn't possible..... |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Given that Jordan is being forced to take on refugees because Israel threw them off their land, |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Jordan knows |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Whoa. So now we know exactly where you're coming from. See |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Yet, the Palestinians are 70% of the population of Jordan. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Look up "West Bank" and "Gaza" and think about Black Decades instead of a "Black" month. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Deleted sub-thread |
WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Might want to check the death toll of Black September. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Like another poster said... |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Look up Wasfi al-Tal |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So the Palestinians are the bad guys? |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. Did you even read that before replying? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Look up "West Bank" and "Gaza" and think about Black Decades instead of a "Black" month. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. See post #43. nt |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Saw post #43, but it fails to understand that the Palestinians' problem is not with Jordan, |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Their homes? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Their homes aren't in Jordan. That's sort of the whole point. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. So the homes stopped at the border? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. There's confusion in the terminology. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Jordan and Palestine and Israel were all the same |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. In the early 1900's, someone lived on the land where Israel now is. so, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
55. The area was ruled by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. I should add that many of the people living in the land that was |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yeah, right. That's how this whole mess got started. Wasn't Israel's fault. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Palestinians are 70% of the people who live there. Sounds as though they more than welcomed them. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The West Bank is theirs, and it is still being settled illegally, is the problem. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Odd, I thought it was Jordan's. nt |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Well, then get educated on the subject. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I'm fairly certain it was Jordan's before it was lost. nt . |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Right, "it was lost." Now tell us what "it" was. Then tell us how "it" was "lost." |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. The West Bank? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. No, the solution is to return the people to their homes, not to force them on to Jordan. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Force them to Jordan? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you sure? This article claims Jordan is rejecting Netanyahu. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. On man. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not surprising. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. How else can they keep the whole Isreali Palestinian conflict going... |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
60. We have a winner! |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Yup |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. When 70% of your population is Palestinian, how have you thrown Palestinians under the bus? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Wow, 70%? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. Yup |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Destabilization of Jordan would be a very bad thing -- and bad for Israel, too. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. So the Palestinians are a destabilizing influence... |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I was referring to Jordan's stripping citizenship in reaction to concern.... |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. this news is fake |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Use the google, it is not fake |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. JPost is a major newspaper |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. stand corrected, and intrigued |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. So fake, the Jordanian Times is editoralizing about it. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Would you care to revise your bullshit statement, sir? |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. What part of "stand corrected and intrigued" was lost upon you? |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. ahhh... worse than fake: bass-ackwards bureaucratic propaganda faceplant |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. What I got out of this is that Jordan is trying to protect Palestinians against |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Looks more like they're throwing fuel on the fire. n/t |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. 70% Palestinian?? Are we talking refugees? jordanians? What does that mean? |
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mackerel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. How is this even possible? Another country can declare another |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. it happens all the time |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
61. I tried to figure that out. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
30. Sounds fishy to me... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. The only difference between a Palestinian and a Jordanian... |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. you forgot Syria |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
64. . |
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