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Title: Dominos Fall as Jordan's King Fires Government
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HULIQ
URL Source: http://www.huliq.com/3257/dominos-fall-jordans-king-fires-government
Published: Feb 1, 2011
Author: HULIQ
Post Date: 2011-02-01 11:41:18 by Brian S
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Middle East unrest is seeming to spread like wildfire as Jordan's King Abdullah II has essentially fired his government in the wake of violent protests. The announcement from Jordan's Royal Palace comes as thousands of Jordanians, perhaps inspired by the ouster of the Tunisian regime as well as the uprising in Egypt marched in the streets. The public called for the resignation of Prime Minister Samir Rifai who is blamed for a rise in food and fuel prices as well as a slowing in political reforms. The Royal Palace says Rifai's Cabinet resigned on Tuesday. At the same time, King Abdullah II nominated Marouf al-Bakhit as his prime minister-designate. Bakhit is a former general and was for a short time ambassador to Israel. He has also served as prime minister before. In the palace's statement, King Abdullah II called for Bakhit to form a government in Jordan that will implement "genuine political reform." He asked Bakhit for a number of other items, including: However, Rosemary Hollis, professor of Middle East policy studies at London's City University, did not see the move as an actual signe of reform. She said, "(Bakhit) is a former general and briefly ambassador to Israel who has been prime minister before. He's someone who would be seen as a safe pair of hands. I wouldn't see it as a sign of liberalization. With his previous premiership, he talked the talk of reform but little actually happened."
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
What you do after the fact is now seen as weakness. Like Catabolic Collapse. Once it starts you have to move faster, use more resources to keep ahead of it. ‘Let them eat cake.’ . ©©The rage this has caused is, of course, muted by the media and governments doing these stupid things. Why listen to the poor when you can shoot them or put them in Gitmo? So we see the very rich being very excited at Davos this week, making more and more ridiculous deals while the entire superstructure of world dominance is collapsing like a house of cards. . ©©It is certain that the Council of Foreign Relations mavens are aware of both history (grim revolutions always happen when there are wars and depressions) and the Wikileaks/al Jazeera revelations are rocking the Muslim world leading to the decapitation of despots so….Clinton Ambassador Meeting: Unprecedented Mass Meeting Of Top Envoys
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