nakedempire


The American Empire in a Changing World



Pages

Friday, October 5, 2012

''Jordan on the boil; who’s next?''

From Strategic Culture
By MK Bhadrakumar

''The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan has called for massive public demonstrations in Amman on Friday calling for political reforms. A situation like in Egypt could develop, and the regime in yet another key ally of the US in the region could fall into oblivion.

The Brotherhood in Jordan gave notice to King Abdullah II that he had time till October to accede to their demand to transform the Hashemite Kingdom into a constitutional monarchy. That deadline has passed and the negotiations between the government and the Brotherhood have failed, with Abdullah unwilling to concede the Brotherhood’s demands and the Islamists in turn announcing a boycott of the new elections he has promised.''

read more 

No comments:

Post a Comment