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Syrian refugees try to tear down Jordan camp fence
Associated Press ^ | Aug 13, 2012, 4:55 PM EDT | unattributed

Posted on 08/13/2012 2:18:57 PM PDT by Hunton Peck

ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) -- More than 50 Syrian refugee youths have tried to tear down an enclosure fence at Jordan's first refugee tent city, saying they wanted to flee.

An Associated Press reporter who witnessed the incident at the Zaatari camp near the Syrian border says government security guards fired three warning shots in the air to disperse the angry crowd.

No injuries...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; jordan; refugees; syria; waronterror; weather
The yoots were angry about the weather.

No kidding.

Maybe they should call in al Gore as the next "peace" negotiator.

1 posted on 08/13/2012 2:19:11 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
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Thanks Hunton Peck.


2 posted on 08/13/2012 3:17:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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