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Jordan Fears Three Middle East Civil Wars
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Jordan's Abdullah also said that the Maliki government has to improve immediately.
"There needs to be some very strong action taken on the ground there today," he said.
On CNN's "Late Edition," Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser, yesterday cast the growing conflict as one against extremism. He said many Islamic movements in the region were already sending funds and fighters into Iraq to take on the government and the American forces.
"This is a fight, or this is a war, between the extremists and the moderates in the whole region," he said.
On the same show, Lebanese parliament member Saad Hariri said he thought Syria "had a hand" in last week's assassination of Lebanese cabinet member Pierre Gemayel. Syria has denied this, as it has denied any responsibility for the death of Hariri's father, former prime minister Rafik Hariri.
"They will keep on denying all these killings until they kill us all," Saad Hariri said.
Staff writer Robin Wright contributed to this report.
