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Updated at 11:33 a.m. ET: AMMAN, Jordan -- Around 2,000 people called for the removal Jordan's King Abdullah at a rally in downtown Amman on Friday in protest at fuel price hikes, in a marked escalation of street anger in the third day of demonstrations in the Western-backed kingdom.
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The Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest opposition group, had called on people to take to the streets, but top officials from the group choose not to participate in the rally.
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"The country has risen up from north to south and this state of popular tension is unprecedented," said Murad Adailah, a senior member of the Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Then there are the other middle east travel brochures... "Visit Israel before Israel visits you."
2,000 doesn't do it. The question is whether or not this all has to be a repeat of the 1950s Arab Nationalist tsunami, with pan-Islamic fundamentalism playing the featured role.
2,000 is not all that impressive a number. Especially when you consider Jordan has a population of 5 1/2 million. 2,000 people showed up to protest -that means 5,598,000 stayed home.
Heck, there were close to 1,000 that showed up for The Big Bird March in DC.
Of all the autocratic countries in the region, Jordan might have the most stability. That said, even 2,000 is a little surprising in a country where the domestic intelligence and security apparatus is usually very good at shutting down even the slightest discontent.
I don't anticipate much will come of this but it's interesting nonetheless.
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Of all the autocratic countries in the region, Jordan might have the most stability. That said, even 2,000 is a little surprising in a country where the domestic intelligence and security apparatus is usually very good at shutting down even the slightest discontent.
I don't anticipate much will come of this but it's interesting nonetheless.
What a few in this thread may not k ow is you can go to jail for this...this country could go unstable soon and that is not good. 2000 is a huge number for Jordon.
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