(Eleven) Top Jordanian Officials Resign Following Hotel Attacks

[rainbow4321]

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/storiesNL.asp?whichpage=1&id=93676

Eleven top Jordanian officials, including the kingdom's national security adviser, resigned Tuesday in the wake of last week's triple hotel bombings, state-run TV announced.

Jordan also introduced strict security measures aimed at foreigners and said it was drafting the country's first anti-terror specific legislation to prevent more such attacks.

No details were given for the resignation of Kheir and 10 others, including prominent religious advisers to Abdullah, but a limited shake-up had been expected.

[BR_Parkway]

1. We should have been so lucky after 9/11 n'/t

[wordpix]

4. that's right, * promotes the inept who don't do their security jobs

[thebigidea]

2. exactly what should've happened here: shame, disgrace, and resignation

instead of bizzare political invulnerability and a blank check for Iraq.

[rainbow4321]

8. U.S. National Intelligence Director visits Jordan

Hopefully to NOT offer advice on how to handle a terror attack...


http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/jordresign15.html

In a bid to keep foreign militants from operating covertly in Jordan, Interior Minister Awni Yirfas announced new regulations demanding that all Jordanians notify authorities within 48 hours of any foreigners renting an apartment or house.

"Violators of this regulation will face legal ramifications," Yirfas said without elaborating.

Authorities will demand that Jordanians provide the names, nationalities and passport details of any foreigner renting a property.

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Separately, U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte arrived in Jordan on Tuesday for talks with the foreign minister, the state-run Petra news agency reported without providing further details. The U.S. Embassy declined to comment on Negroponte's visit.

[Dancing_Dave]

3. The way the King of Jordan has been lying

Anyone with some integrity in that government would quit!

[JanusAscending]

6. Can you back that statement up with something, ANYTHING?

I'll admit, this subject hasn't been on my "high priority" list of reading, but I consider myself pretty well informed, and this is the first I've heard of him "lying" What has he lied about?

[MaineDem]

5. Just like our National Security Advisor went following 9/11

Oh that's right...she got promoted.

(Forgive the cynicism. I can't help it.)

[daleo]

7. This supports the theory of inside involvement

Or at least the fear of inside involvement. There are a lot of shaky signals coming out of Jordan.

[confludemocrat]

9. WTF, that's not how it's done! No promotions and medals? n/t

[superconnected]

10. my first guess is they resigned because they're afraid of becomin targets.

I don't doubt corruption though.

[maddezmom]

11. was this before or after Negroponte visited?

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U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte met top officials in Amman to praise Jordan's response to the attacks, according to official media, while interrogators questioned the sole surviving member of the attack team about al-Qaida's network in Iraq.

Two Interpol forensic experts also came to Amman to "exchange information and expertise in the field of fighting crime," the state-run Petra news agency said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/jordan_bombings