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Jordan Restores Military Conscription
[Defense News] Riad Kahwaji - Jordan, which suspended military conscription in 1999, decided March 6 to resume compulsory service at a more limited scale, with 18-year-old men serving for three months instead of the previous two years. "This law was more or less a response to public demand," said retired Maj. Gen. Suleiman Al-Manaseer. "In addition to receiving basic boot-camp training, the conscripts will receive essential vocational training that would help them find jobs afterwards."