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Just to update (and correct) my previous posts - not intending to be sensationalist - I will just report what I have been hearing.
Friend in Amman tells me that there are 'loads' of UK and US troops there.
The British Embassy have *advised* all *dependents* to leave the country. The date they have been to leave the country by is Febrauary 21st
All US citizens are leaving the country by Saturday the 15th of Feb.
The rationale behind this is that Jordan becomes a no-fly zone once a war starts. All exits thereafter are overland via Syria or Lebanon.
The US did issue an advisory and a series of travel warnings on February 7 alerting Americans 'to increased security concerns' in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.
My own reading of it is that war starts next week.
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I have learned in the last hours minutes that all British citizens have been told to leave Jordan. I have a friend living in Amman and she has been told to leave the country within the next week - as of the 12 February.
This has not appeared on any news sites or channels - I read most of them. Nor does it appear on the Foreign Ofiice's site, or the British Embassy's website from Jordan.
So according to my information all British citizens, and families have been asked to leave Jordan.
I will attempt to gain more details in the next few hours - her email said that the terrorist threat has become too much - and that the 'military' presence has increased dramatically - I believe that refers to Jordanian troops though I am uncertain about that.
I could speculate that it also about the impending invasion - which is likely to happen next week. But that's just speculation.
The US has issued an advisory and a series of travel warnings on February 7 alerting Americans 'to increased security concerns' in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.
Interesting if it as serious a warning as I suspect it is.
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Linux to power most Motorola phones. The tech giant will begin selling its first cell phone based on Linux this year and says most models will follow suit--a sign of the growing popularity of the operating system. By Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com;Ben Charny, Staff Writer, CNET News.com. [CNET News.com]
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House and Senate negotiators have agreed that a Pentagon project intended to detect terrorists by monitoring e-mail and commercial databases for health, financial and travel information cannot be used against Americans.
The conferees also agreed to restrict further research on the program without extensive consultation with Congress.
While here in Ireland, our Minister will retain not the contents of the mails *i presume*, but just who sent them to who - for 3 years.
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