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Meanwhile, Jordan continued to dither. Iraqi oil was still being trucked into the country in return for shipments of Jordanian goods. While King Hussein has said his country would abide by the sanctions, it has yet to comply. Jordan did close its borders briefly -- to refugees from the gulf. Its facilities have been overwhelmed by the 210,000 who have escaped so far; most of them remained in the country, with little food, water or money, because of - a shortage of outgoing boats and planes. After the U.S. and the European Community agreed to rush emergency food, medicine and clothes...
...prospect of Saddam's emerging as a populist idol is not farfetched. In a region rife with dissolute and spendthrift rulers, he is admired for his austere and disciplined habits. "He has no palaces, no Swiss bank accounts," says Major General Yusuf Kawash, a retired member of the Jordanian army. Saddam has positioned himself as an avenging Robin Hood, intent upon stealing the wealth of the affluent but uncaring gulf states and redistributing it to the impoverished Arab masses. Jordan's Hussein reinforced that reasoning early last week, when he said that the crisis was "redrawing boundaries between the haves...
...especially fierce between Israel and Jordan, which must share the Jordan River basin. Many towns in Jordan receive water only two times a week, and the country must double its supply within 20 years just to keep up with population growth. "We are cornered," admits Munther Haddadin, a Jordanian development official. With time running out, Jordan hopes to draw additional reserves from the Yarmuk river. Israel, however, will fight any plans for use of the river that do not give guarantees of access to the Yarmuk waters that the country currently uses...
Samar Dudin Karajah has a sharp and beautiful face. She is 28, the daughter of a former Jordanian minister, and dresses like a European woman of privilege. Married to a young lawyer, she lives in Amman and teaches drama at the Aliya Girls School. She is now on a maternity leave...
...demolished Arab village located in what is Israel today, he says, "I am acutely aware that we Palestinians are misunderstood as a people." He tells of an elegant Palestinian woman, Hanan Bargouthi, who, having undergone a humiliating search at a London airport, observed bitterly, "I am Palestinian by birth, Jordanian by passport, Israeli because of the occupation and a terrorist according to security people...