70,000 Jordanian troops to protect the Gulf regimes

Islam Times: The Iraqi channel “Al-Itijah” reported that sources in the Jordanian opposition pointed out that Abdullah II is leasing Jordanian soldiers, and each soldier is getting paid nine thousand dollars per month.

The Jordanian opposition sources confirmed that Abdullah II responded to an urgent request from the Persian Gulf states in line with Jordan's upcoming requirements for joining the GCC Council in the Persian Gulf, and sitting on the 7thchair of this group, and that Jordan will start sending those numbers of troops early 2012.

The sources revealed that the figures to be sent to the Persian Gulf states will be divided as follows:
- UAE: fifteen thousand troops.

- State of Qatar: eleven thousand troops.

- Kingdom of Bahrain: six thousand soldiers; who of coursel already there as the opposition stated.

- Saudi Arabia: more than thirty thousand troops.
- Kuwait: ten thousand Jordanian troops.

The Jordanian opposition confirmed that the leasing of the Jordanian soldiers will be as of the beginning of 2012.
Opposition sources also said that Abdullah II pointed out to his government and the concerned ministers the need to invest this trend with the "brothers" in the Gulf States and to provide an integrated data bank for all professions and disciplines, addresses and follow-up requirements.