JORDAN - Nov 26 - King Of Jordan Warns Of 'Three Civil Wars'.King Abdullah warns the Middle East is on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of three civil wars - in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, ahead of crisis talks with US Pres George W. Bush and the Iraqi PM. The Jordanian king said that "something dramatic" needed to come out of the meeting between President Bush and Iraqi PM Nourial-Maliki, at the tripartite summit being hosted in Amman this week. The warning of impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. civil war adds to the intensifying pressure on the Bush administration to map out a fresh strategy for ending the war in Iraq, which today enters its 1,347th day. King Abdullah said the US needed to see the "big picture" and pursue a regional solution, indicating his support for American engagement with Iran and Syria in pursuit of an end to worsening violence. "They need to do it now, because, obviously, as we are seeing, things are beginning to spiral out of control", he told CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. . "We're juggling with the strong potential of three civil wars in the region". Engagement with Iran and Syria is widely expected to be a key recommendation from the Iraq Study Group The Iraq Study group (ISG), also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission,[1] was a ten-person bipartisan panel appointed on March 15, 2006, by the United States Congress, that was charged with assessing the situation in Iraq and the US-led Iraq War and making ,a congress-mandated bipartisan commission led by former secretary of state James Baker and former Democrat congressman Lee Hamilton. The commission is expected to meet today for two days of deliberations before delivering its report to the White House in December. The president of Iran The President of Iran is the head of government. The current president is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Role in the state In contrast with most republics, the effective head of Iran's political establishment is not the president, but rather the Supreme Leader , Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, offered to "help" America get out of Iraq, in an apparent response to overtures from interlocutors. "The Iranian nation is ready to help you to get out of the quagmire - on condition that you resume behaving in a just manner and avoid bullying and invading", he reportedly said in a speech. The diplomatic push for a co-ordinated regional approach to the conflict in Iraq is expected to gain momentum when Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president, today makes a visit to Tehran for talks on easing sectarian tensions. President Bush first indicated his administration was ready to consider a radical change in direction of its Iraq policy in the wake of Republican defeats in mid-term elections. Democrats, emboldened em·bold·en tr.v. em·bold·ened, em·bold·en·ing, em·bold·ens To foster boldness or courage in; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. Adj. 1. by their sweep of Congress, Sunday stepped up pressure on the administration to announce a timetable for withdrawing troops. Congressman Ike Skelton, the incoming chairman of the House armed services committee The term Armed Services Committee could refer to:
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