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Article: Jordanian attack on militants reveals a national rift; For the first time since 1970, Jordan has resorted to using the armed forces to quell domestic instability.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 15, 2002
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Byline: Nicolas Pelham Special to The Christian Science Monitor
MAAN, JORDAN -- There were no evening prayers Wednesday as hundreds of Jordanian soldiers downed their rations at the end of another day's Ramadan fast, and clambered back into their tanks to impose a sixth night of curfew on the 70,000 inhabitants of Jordan's desert town of Maan.
Spotlights blazing, a vanguard of armored cars topped with loudspeakers and machine guns cruised the streets ordering residents back to their homes. Convoys of tanks chugged behind. Residents said the tanks had pounded the suburb of Al Tour earlier Wednesday. Security sources said six soldiers and policemen and ...