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MICHAEL FREUND
Jerusalem Post
02-22-2006
Headline: And the Oscar goes to - Jordan's King Abdullah
Byline: MICHAEL FREUND
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 13

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 -- As Hollywood gears up for this year's Academy Awards, they might wish to consider adding a new category to their repertoire: best autocrat in disguise. Were they to do so, few would be better qualified to take home this dubious honor than His Royal Highness King Abdullah II of Jordan.

With his elegant English and ever-so-dapper Western dress, the Jordanian monarch is virtually unmatched in his ability to portray himself as an irreplaceable bulwark against extremism in an otherwise troubled corner of the ...

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