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“Senator Warns Hizbullah May Have Chemical Weapons; Jordan’s King Could be Toppled”
by The World Tribune
August 30th, 2013

WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has been warned that Syria’s chemical weapons could be dispersed and 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.

“You ask me about my biggest fear would be to lose the king of Jordan for prolonged war, that the Al Qaida elements of the rebels could wind up seizing the chemical weapons cache, that Assad would share chemical weapons or advance Russian weapons with Hizbullah, which would be a direct threat,” Graham said.
Over the last few months, Graham has repeatedly warned of Jordan’s vulnerability. In July, the senator told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Abdullah said in 2012 that the influx of Syrian refugees — now reported at more than 650,000 — could destroy his regime. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he shared that concern.
“Will [Abdullah] be in power a year from now?” Graham asked Dempsey. “I
have met with him and he is concerned with the demographic change. He told
me last year he did not think he will be there in another year because there will be a million Syrian refugees destabilizing Jordan. Do you agree with
that?”
“That is his concern,” Dempsey replied.
Earlier, Graham said Abdullah could not face an emboldened regime of
Syrian President Bashar Assad. The senator urged Obama to use Jordan and Turkey to neutralize Assad’s military, backed by Iran and Russia.
“So the balance of power is really now on Assad’s side,” Graham told a
television roundtable on June 13. “And if we don’t do more than add AK-47s
into the mix, he will continue to win. And the king of Jordan is going to
become toast.”
One option raised by Graham was the use of Jordan and Turkey to
establish a no-fly zone in Syria to protect Sunni rebels. Graham cited the
U.S. deployment of F-16 multi-role fighters and PAC-3 air and missile
defense systems in the kingdom.
Graham, in close contact with Abdullah, envisioned the fall
of the Hashemite kingdom and its replacement by an Al Qaida-aligned regime.
He said Washington must ensure the departure of Assad for regional
stability.
“But if the war lasts six, four months, Jordan’s going to go,” Graham said. “And Israel’s going to be surrounded by a Syria on fire, Jordan more
radical, and Egypt becoming more radical. The whole region’s about to blow
up. And our foreign policy to me, I don’t understand it. Whatever it is is not working.”

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