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On Joint American-Jordanian Exercises
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The following is the response of Laith Shubeilat, the Jordanian Arab 
opposition figure and the president of the Association against Zionism 
and Racism, to Al Jazeera Sattelite Station. When his opinion was 
solicited on the Jordanian-American joint military exercises that 
will reportedly continue till the end of August 2002, he said:

     It is nice that I should be asked this question by the satellite 
     station broadcasting from Qatar [Aljazeera] where the largest 
     depots of American weaponry outside America lie.  Moreover, 
     media reports indicate that the mighty Al Adid military base, 
     which Qataris are prevented from entering, will be the main 
     launchpad for the impending American campaign against Iraq.  
     This is not to mention that Qatar agreed to be the card America 
     plays against Saudi Arabia which has taken so far a relatively 
     honorable position by refusing to allow its territory to be
     used to strike Iraq.  But a sounder position would be to consider 
     a strike against any Arab country a blow to ALL Arab countries.

     Thus, we in Jordan, just like in Qatar and the rest of the Arab 
     homeland (the reference is to the Arab people here), condemn all 
     those who cooperate with Americans politically.  So how about 
     those who cooperate with them militarily?!!  Therefore, the 
     joint American-Jordanian military exercises are to be denounced 
     as much as the [official] Qatari position towards what is going 
     on in Iraq, and the immoral Qatari-Zionist relationship.   Equally 
     denounced is the allegedly Islamic Iranian position that allows the 
     so-called Higher Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq to enter 
     the American bed for pleasure under the auspices of the conference 
     of military spies in London, a conference which was also attended 
     by Prince Hasan, whose presence there was also condemned by all 
     Jordanians.


Laith Shubeilat