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To: LindyBill who wrote (35443)7/31/2002 10:27:29 AM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Ah yes, the locally popular Hashemite restoration. The one thing I like about that one is that it's at least more honest than the more broadly popular "Democracy in Iraq" neocon propaganda line. I guess the neocons can't plausibly argue for a Hashemite restoration in Iraq, since it was already tried there by the British, and had an exceedingly finite lifetime. On the other hand, the neocons don't seem to be bothered much by history in general in their grand schemes, so maybe it will come up again.

Jordan has troops on the Border, ready to go, from what I have read.

You've been catching up on the latest out of Debka, I take it.



To: LindyBill who wrote (35443)7/31/2002 11:19:03 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Respond to of 281500
 
I gather a good case could have been made for that Dynasty taking over Mecca when the whole area was split up after WWI.

But the Sharrif of Mecca was a Hashemite at the time. It wasn't until the 20's that ibn Saud captured the Hijaz.


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