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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Two More Embassies in Jordan Close

2006-01-09

Three Western embassies in Jordan have closed for security reasons "until further notice," warning of a new threat of attacks on Western targets in the kingdom. The Canadian and Australian embassies yesterday followed Britain in announcing the closure of their missions in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The move comes two months after bomb attacks claimed by Al-Qaeda against three luxury hotels in Amman that killed 60 people plus three bombers and wounded about 100 more.

Australia warned travelers in a statement of the threat of new attacks on Western targets in the kingdom, a key US ally regarded as one of the most stable countries in the volatile Middle East. "Reports suggest terrorists may be in the final stages of planning attacks against Westerners and places frequented by Westerners in Jordan," the embassy said. "The Australian Embassy in Jordan will be closed until further notice due to the security situation."

Posted by:Fred

#8 Perhaps Tehran, Damascus, and Amman are just not good places to be in for the next couple of months. Especially Tehran.

Posted by: Darrell 2006-01-09 10:22

#7 Thanks, I heard ya the first time. (just kidding)
My uncle joined the RCAF early in WW2 before Pearl Harbor was attacked, and he was shot down over Germany and spent the ballance of the war in a German prisoner of war camp. Thanks Canada for allowing my uncle a chance to die for your....
Never mind, fuck you Canada.

Posted by: wxjames 2006-01-09 08:01

#6 Whee - a triple post! Apparently that's what happens when I hold down the submit query button, rather than just clicking.

Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-09 07:56

#5 wxjames, Canada was founded as a country on the proposition that American fingers had to be kept out of the various Provincial pies, lest, God Forbid, the peepul be polluted by such contact with their southern cousins. According to my immigrant Canadian friends, the attitude is incorporated at all levels of grammar school curricula.

Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-09 07:55

#4 wxjames, Canada was founded as a country on the proposition that American fingers had to be kept out of the various Provincial pies, lest, God Forbid, the peepul be polluted by such contact with their southern cousins. According to my immigrant Canadian friends, the attitude is incorporated at all levels of grammar school curricula.

Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-09 07:55

#3 wxjames, Canada was founded as a country on the proposition that American fingers had to be kept out of the various Provincial pies, lest, God Forbid, the peepul be polluted by such contact with their southern cousins. According to my immigrant Canadian friends, the attitude is incorporated at all levels of grammar school curricula.

Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-09 07:55

#2 Australia, yes, Briton, si, but Canada ?
What was all that booing at the hockey game last week all about ? Canadians have some kind of problem ?

Posted by: wxjames 2006-01-09 07:42

#1 Uh-Oh, it sounds like the warnings are out, next on the list is not Iran, it's Jordan.

Canada, Australia, and Britian, our three closest allies. My, My, My.

Odd, I thought the King was on our side?

Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-01-09 01:48

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