There are about 50,000 Jordanian troops working with the United Nations in peacekeeping missions across the world.

In some missions, the number of Jordanian troops was the second largest, the sources said.

Anti-American demonstrations in two cities last year were quelled by Jordanian troops.

Caught in the middle are the UN and its 3,300 Indian and Jordanian troops trying to keep the peace.

When Israel became an independent nation in 1948, Jordanian troops moved into and occupied East Jerusalem.

That action was followed by others, including an infiltration into Israel's north in 1967 and bloody clashes with Jordanian troops in 1970.

It also played a significant role in supporting Jordanian troops.

In the Arab-Israeli war in 1973, he commanded Jordanian troops.

The marines started their long-scheduled exercise with Jordanian troops.

They stayed there until late February 2000, being replaced by Jordanian troops.