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Jordanians[regime] are worried of spill-over from Syria and now Turkey. This is compounded by number of Syrian refuge as well as the past Palestanian refugees,
by salimmadjd 13y ago
Jordanians[regime] are worried of spill-over from Syria and now Turkey. This is compounded by number of Syrian refuge as well as the past Palestanian refugees, not to mention common regional issues of youth unemployment and lack of general opportunities.
Jordan probably wants to preemptively downplay the regional uprising lest it motivates internal uprisings.
Additionally, Potential uprising in Jordan will give second thoughts to global players who have been wanting to arm the Syrian rebels (mainly to block Iran's retaliation path from Lebanon against an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facility, now and in the future). Danger of Jordan falling and turning further toward an Islamist regime could cause more problem for Israel than Iran's influence in Lebonan via Syria. If we see uprising in Jordan, we'll soon forget about Syrian rebels.
- amasad 13y agoThere has always been internet censorship in Jordan, I don't think this is particularly motivated by a "potential uprising".
- salimmadjd 13y agoSure...but you want creat the illusion of free press. That said, the third-world countries are not as suffesticated as western world when it comes to controlling the media.
- omarali 13y agoIt's ironic because censorship will only increase the chances of an uprising.