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Ahmed talked via webcam with Paul Scott, who has been living and working as a teacher at a deaf school in Jordan for the last two years, to find out about how the Iraq war looks from the Middle East.
'Jordan is not in danger, but because of our proximity to Iraq many refugees flee here, living in camps – especially in the last two weeks,' Paul says. He adds that most people in Jordan disagree with the war and that there have been protests because of the killing and devastation.
And what about the future? What will happen to the refugees? 'Well hopefully people will be able to return to Iraq without danger, and stability will return,' Paul says. 'But their memory will be their lost homes and families.'
Earlier in the series we linked up by webcam to 23-year-old Kyle Wilkes, originally from Florida but now studying at Gallaudet University in Washington DC.
'There are many deaf people who are not worried,' Kyle told VEE-TV. 'But we have had information on campus in our news bulletin that 11 deaf people got together to go to the White House to protest on 15 March.'
Do young people back President Bush's stance on Iraq?
'There is a clear division. One half are positive, they support Bush, while the other half don't – they are negative about him. In America there are many protests, but in the Deaf community itself, it has not been evident. Deaf people want President Bush to reduce capitalism, reduce his capitalist agenda, because of the effect on our economy and the increase in fuel prices. We are annoyed about it.'
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