JordanTimes

Saratoga, California
Monday, March 18, 2015
2 pages
five cents
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Jordanvs.ISISWinnerTakeAll
The conflict between ISIS and Jordan
hasbeenescalatingquitealotduetotheburning
of a Jordan fighter pilot MoazalKasabeh who
was taken and burned alive. The people of
Jordan protested the burning of the pilot and
showing their support to the government's vow
to eliminate and wipe ISIS out completely.
This may proveto be adifficult tasksince ISIS
uses Jordans unemployed population as their
recruiting ground. According to NBCNEWS
jordan has been bombing ISIS as a form of
revenge, according to the article the air strikes
are justthe beginning andtheyplanto continue
their attacks until the islamic militants are
destroyed.
BecauseISISburned thepilotalivethe
king of Jordan himself is leading an attack on
ISIS. Most of Jordan is in a rage at the pilot
death, there have even been questions
speculating as to whether or not Jordan knew
of thepilotsdeathbeforehandandiftheywere
justtrying tohumiliateISISontheirblufffora
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prisoner swap.
ISIS chose to use Jordan as a
sortofrecruitingground

since approximately 30% of Jordanians are

unemployed,notonlythat but onereasonasto
why Jordans arefighting americans is because
about 88% of Jordanians havenegativeviews
on america. Because of these views most
Jordanians are more willing to join ISIS to
fight against the Americans, but due to the
recentburning ofthepilotlessJordanianshave
joined, even the king of Jordan himself
promisedtowipeoutISISpersonally.

ISISisnotonly amenacingthreatinJordanit's
alsoathreatallovertheworld,duetotherising
numberof Syrian refugees headingintoJordan
it will prove to be a challenge to get ISIS to
stop using Jordan as a recruiting ground. One
of the major challenges with Jordan is the
rising refugee population, and how ISIS is
using them to join their force and make ISIS
stronger.
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ChildLaborinJordan

Jordan pilot being burned alive

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Due to therecentincreasein refugees in

Jordan there has been a large number of job
loses in the country. Because of the high
percentageofjoblosesthegroupknownasISIS
has been coming into Jordan and picking up
some of their unemployed citizens by offering
themjobs.Ifeel asthough onewayJordancan
combat ISIS is by refusing toacceptanymore
refugees because then the jobs would flourish
and then ISIS wouldn't use Jordan as their
breeding ground. Due to the Syrian civil war
therehavebeenover600,000refugeesthathave
fledintojordanduringthepast4years.

Also by refusing to let anymore syrian

refugeesin theirwill alsobeadramaticdecrease
in child labor. Also by refusingrefugees access
tothecountriesit ishelpingthechildrenofthese
refugees by not putting them in hazardous or
unsafeworkingenvironments.

Not only wouldithelpthechildren but it

would also help stop the overpopulation in
Jordan because there are approximately 600,00
syrianrefugees inJordanthatareregisteredwith
the United Nations, but the real numbers are
about twice that. Approximately 53% of all
syrianrefugees inJordanarebelowtheageof18
meaning that we are putting children's lives in
dangereverydaybyputtingthemintohazardous
working conditions and into unsafe living
conditions.
PatienceisrunningthininJordanduestothe
recent rise in number of the Syrian refugees.
These refugees are having to share everything
from bathrooms to kitchens,and ithascauseda
strain on their economy, government services
andtheirscarcewatersupplies
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