Article: Police briefly detain prominent dissident leader in troubled southern Jordan

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Dateline: AMMAN, Jordan Authorities detained for several hours Friday a prominent dissident leader and former legislator in southern Jordan in connection with a police hunt for an armed gang blamed for attacking police earlier this year.

Leith Shubeilat told The Associated Press he was detained for 11 hours at an Amman police station, but that he was later released without charges.

"They told me they were not happy with my behavior," he said. He declined to say what he was questioned about, but denied links with violence in southern Jordan.

"I have nothing to do with the events in Maan," he said.

Security officials said Shubeilat was questioned on ...

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