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Article: Marching to the beat of a different drum; from a special correspondent. (Current Affairs).(King Abdullah II of Jordan)
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- The Middle East
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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Positioned between a rock (Palestine) and a hard place (Iraq), the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is no newcomer to regional disputes. Nor is the country, led by 40 year old King Abdullah II, particularly adverse to scandal, albeit generally small-scale scandal. However, recent developments appear to indicate that Jordan, carved out during the colonial mandate in the early 20th century, has recently graduated to a more serious genre of economic and political philandering.
The players include an ex-Jordanian security chief, the US intelligence agencies, a high-tech company and a series of bankers. Together, this combination can only spell trouble, and that is exactly ...