This is REALLY not a good sign. Hamas' Supreme Leader, Khaled Meshal, who has been cowering in fear for nearly a decade in Syria after being thrown out of Jordan, is set to return to Jordan for a visit which includes meetings with Jordanian officials. As a refresher, Meshal is considered by Israel to be the mastermind behind most of the militant activities of Hamas and thus when Meshal was in Jordan in 1997, Israeli secret agents poisoned this piece of shit but Meshal survived when Jordan's King Hussein insisted that Israel send an antedote. Two years later, the Jordanians kicked this fool out and he fled to Syria. Considering what Israel tried on him, Meshal has been a little squeamish about setting up shop in Gaza. Anyway, here's some of the details of this visit to Jordan here from Haaretz:
The disturbing part of all of this is the legitimacy that Jordan is starting to give Hamas. Jordan, in the past, has basically kicked Hamas out of Jordan and would have nothing to do with them, but I fear that with Hamas strengthening in Gaza coupled with Hezbollah's political gains in Lebanon, Jordan has gotten nervous about Iran's reach into the region.
This all might be a bit of political ass covering by the Jordanians but the fact that Jordanian intelligence officials will even meet with this scum means they are more than likely going to take a more serious stance against Israel.
It's my feeling that the complete wishy washy policies of Israel's Olmert has caused this shift in Jordan - Olmert has shown that he would give Hamas free reign and plenty of slack, thus the Jordanians have to have been getting quite nervous. What the Jordanians don't understand is, that in inviting Meshal to Jordan, they have let the wolf into the chicken coop. If Hamas establishes relations once again with Jordan, and Israel ends up replaces Olmert with a hard liner, this could mean some serious shit for Jordan in the long run.
Ten years after his exile from Jordan, Hamas' Damascus-based leader Khaled Meshal will return there for a visit, Saudi Arabic-language newspaper Al-Watan reported Monday. The newspaper quoted members of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood movement as saying that Meshal's consent to the Jordanian leadership's demands that he not take part in Hamas' affairs in Jordan, helped pave the way for his upcoming visit. According to the report, Meshal is expected to arrive in Jordan within the next few days, and will meet with senior Jordanian officials as a follow-up round to recent talks between two Hamas officials and Jordan's intelligence chief , Mohammed al-Thahabi.
The disturbing part of all of this is the legitimacy that Jordan is starting to give Hamas. Jordan, in the past, has basically kicked Hamas out of Jordan and would have nothing to do with them, but I fear that with Hamas strengthening in Gaza coupled with Hezbollah's political gains in Lebanon, Jordan has gotten nervous about Iran's reach into the region.
This all might be a bit of political ass covering by the Jordanians but the fact that Jordanian intelligence officials will even meet with this scum means they are more than likely going to take a more serious stance against Israel.
It's my feeling that the complete wishy washy policies of Israel's Olmert has caused this shift in Jordan - Olmert has shown that he would give Hamas free reign and plenty of slack, thus the Jordanians have to have been getting quite nervous. What the Jordanians don't understand is, that in inviting Meshal to Jordan, they have let the wolf into the chicken coop. If Hamas establishes relations once again with Jordan, and Israel ends up replaces Olmert with a hard liner, this could mean some serious shit for Jordan in the long run.
Report: After ten years in exile, Hamas' Meshal to visit Jordan
Ten years after his exile from Jordan, Hamas' Damascus-based leader Khaled Meshal will return there for a visit, Saudi Arabic-language newspaper Al-Watan reported Monday. The newspaper quoted members of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood movement as saying that Meshal's consent to the Jordanian leadership's demands that he not take part in Hamas' affairs in Jordan, helped pave the way for his upcoming visit. According to the report, Meshal is expected to arrive in Jordan within the next few days, and will meet with senior Jordanian officials as a follow-up round to recent talks between two Hamas officials and Jordan's intelligence chief , Mohammed al-Thahabi.
The talks were aimed at patching up ties, as relations between the two sides have soured since 2006 by charges that the Islamist Palestinian group was planning to carry out attacks in Jordan. Relations between Hamas and Jordan began deteriorating in 1999 when Jordan forced Hamas leaders to suspend their activities in the Hashemite Kingdom, a move which led to Hamas' departure. Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday that recent contacts with Jordan could help reconcile Hamas with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' secular Fatah faction. "These are positive developments and a beginning which we hope will succeed," Haniyeh said during Friday prayers at a Gaza mosque.
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