 Jordan says it has cancelled the Palestinian foreign minister's visit because members of his Hamas party have been smuggling missiles and other weapons into the kingdom.
| Just can't behave, even when it's important, can they? |
| Smuggling arms isn't a habit for the Paleos, it's an addiction ... |
| It's their legitimate right. Ev'rybody knows that. |
| Sez so right in the Holy Book, you could look it up |
Nasser Judeh, the Jordanian government spokesman, said the visit by Mahmoud al-Zahar, which was planned for Wednesday, had been "put off until further notice". He said "missiles, explosives and automatic weapons were seized in the last couple of days", but declined to say whether anyone had been arrested. Hamas spokesman Osama Hamadan declined to comment on Judeh's remarks, saying late on Tuesday that he had not seen the Jordanian statement. Government officials said privately that al-Zahar, the most senior Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, had asked to visit Jordan to meet Abdul-Illah al-Khatib, the foreign minister. They said they did not know what al-Zahar planned to discuss or whether he would have requested financial aid. |