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Islamic State gains wider following after declaring caliphate * Islamists rally for
Islamic State in Zarqawi's birthplace * King Abdullah says
Jordan more prepared than ever for risk By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Aug 29 (Reuters) - He had a good job and a loving family, but it wasn't e**ugh for a 25-year old Jordanian who abandoned his life of privilege in Amman to join the
Islamic State group that has seized swathes of neighbouring Iraq and Syria. He is among the first k**wn cases of Jordanians joining
Islamic State since the group declared a "caliphate" in June after dramatic territorial gains in Iraq and Syria. His story points to the widening support for
Islamic State among Jordanian Islamist fundamentalists inspired by its recent advances in countries that border
Jordan to the east and **rth.
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