U.S. Warned Of Jordan Collapse

  • Middle East Newsline
  • August 27, 2013
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The administration of President Barack Obama has been
warned that Jordan could collapse.
A leading senator said the Hashemite kingdom was under tremendous
strain from the civil war in neighboring Jordan. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a
member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Jordan's King Abdullah
could not bear the huge Syrian refugee population as well as threats from
Iran and Al Qaida-aligned rebels.
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