Jordan faces border problems not only from Syria but also from Anbar Province, on the Iraqi frontier, and hostilities from Iran and Al Qaeda, which has always regarded Abdullah as an enemy.
As travelers crossed frontiers and came into contact with unfamiliar peoples and customs, frontier experiences generated not only hostility but also empathy and understanding.
Hostilities along the Israel-Gaza frontier first intensified last month after Israeli forces arrested hundreds of Hamas activists in the Israeli-occupied West Bank following the abduction there of three Jewish seminary students who were later found killed.
After hostilities broke out on the frontier between the Americans and the native tribes, culminating in the Battle of Tippecanoe in November 1811, Jennings successfully promoted passage of a bill to grant compensation to veterans of the battle and to give pensions for five years to the widows and orphans of those who were killed.
Life along the frontier between Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay was often chaotic, with hostilities erupting between partisans of various cattle barons, cattle-rustling and random killings.
The hostilities in North America were further encouraged by existing frictions along the frontier areas separating the colonies of these powers.
The fact remains that most Americans harbor a deep, instinctive distrust of any suggestion of empire, perhaps because the country was founded in hostility to British imperialism and has had its own vast frontier to settle.
Hostilities broke out in 1811 with the Native American tribes on the frontier, and the territorial capital was moved to Corydon on May 1, 1813, after Pennington suggested it would be safer than Vincennes.
Served: in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1856; in garrison at Ft. Independence, Mas., 1856‑57; of frontier duty at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1857; and at the Military Academy, as Asst.
Arbitration by the British and the creation of a buffer frontier running south eastwards from the coast at Ras Hasian resulted in a temporary cessation of hostilities.
