Jordanians are intent on overthrowing the King

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1. Smells of fake news!

2. @ Adam Dalgliesh:

   Thanks Adam….I remember that “gunshots” one. Because there were several overlapping bursts ..to me they sounded like firecrackers…..and could have been. I mentioned it on this site.

3. @ Edgar G.: Edgar, while I definitely don’t have the answers to these relavant questions (I can’t even speak or understand Arabic), I do notice some things. The fires definitely look like someone has set them in what looks like an urban setting. I read somewhere that the Jordanian rebels have taken to burning tires in the streets. Other videos show them throwing rocks. Most of the videos don’t show the police, but a few do. It is possible that most don’t show the police because the “cameramen” decided it wasn’t safe for him to keep filming once they arrive. Police don’t like being filmed, and the camera operators also may have been trying to hide their cameras from them.

   I agree that the recent videos have shown only small groups. One fairly recent one showed maybe fifty demonstrators at most, plus some policemen observing them quietly. The others show only a handful of people–maybe five or six–on the street. One reason that the rebels may be burning trash and tires in the streets, or throwing rocks (no specific targets visible)) is that they can’t get the “masses” to demonstrate any more,they may have “protest fatigue. Semi-violent disruptive behavior may be the only way that the “hard core” enemies of the king can make some impression on the public or the authorities.

   One brief video did have what sound like gunshots in “sound track,” plus people shouting and running away in apparent panic. But that video lasted only a few seconds. Maybe of some police showing up to arrest the rioters, and the rioters making a quick exit under police fire.

   Other videos show someone lecturing to a small group of followers gathered in a private house. He keeps talking about holding big demonstrations outside the royal palace and the U.S. Embassy. But no follow-up demonstrations are shown.

   Probably the “masses” have stopped demonstrating because the demonstrations have not had any visible impact on government policies, and have not led to the king’s abdication. The loyalty of the army and the police to the king does not appear to have been shaken. So the protests have “lost momentum.” But they could resume at some point if the country’s severe economic problems are not alleviated (not enough jobs, not enough schools, not enough affordable decent housing, high taxes, etc.). are not resolved.

4. I felt something unusual about this video. It could have been an opportune forest fire. The dialogue was almost nil. There were no official attempts to control or extinguish it. Not a single siren was heard. no sound except crackling fire and a voice or two. And At the most a group of 3-4. but mostly a single voice.This was no huge people’s protest in my opinion and does the Opposition no good to show it..

   I can think of reasons as to why these videos are never more than 2-3
   (rarely 4) minutes long.-and long-shots. I’d like to hear a reason from other posters.