Militant Salafist leader Mohammad Shalabi, who has urged Islamists to fight in Syria and indicated his support for the Islamic State as well as other groups, said his followers will not take action in Jordan unless “we felt … that injustice is going to befall us or that the circle of injustice is expanding.” A security official said Jordan could have “hundreds if not thousands” of potential Islamic State sympathizers. The head of the Jordanian Army met on Aug. 27 with the head of US Central Command to discuss enhanced cooperation between their forces. On Aug. 24, Jordanian troops killed two gunmen and injured another as their camouflaged vehicle was attempting to cross into Jordan from Syria; four other passengers were arrested and seven machine guns were seized. As part of new antiterrorism measures, Jordan has begun stricter monitoring of the buying and selling of gold. The UN said that of the 3 million people who have fled the fighting in Syria, 613,252 have gone to Jordan.
