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| Jordan’s King Abdullah II reshuffles top brass amid fears of instability |
| 2019-05-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] General intelligence chief ousted after reports of bigwigs fomenting unrest, calling for mass protests against the government. King Abdullah II of Jordan has reshuffled his top brass amid fears of instability How could you tell? in the Arab country. The most prominent change reported this week by state news agency Petra is the replacement of the general intelligence chief. In a letter to the new director, Ahmed Hossni, the king cited "many unprecedented challenges" imposed by regional and international dynamics, according to Petra. Several officials at the influential Royal Court were also sacked. Jordan is an oasis of stability in a turbulent Middle East and it has housed millions of refugees fleeing wars in neighboring Syria and Iraq. However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... local discontent has grown over the increasing cost of living and government mismanagement. Protesters last year forced the king to fire the government. Some Arab media reports said that several of those who were fired had been encouraging further mass protests. |
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| #1 Western-oriented leader - from the wiki: He attended high school at Eaglebrook School and Deerfield Academy in the United States of America. He began his military career at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British Army and served a year in Britain and West Germany as a troop commander in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars. 1985 he took the Armored Officer's Advanced Course at Fort Knox.attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Abdullah attended a staff course at the British Staff College He commanded a battalion in the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1992 and was promoted to colonel the following year, commanding the 40th Brigade. defence resources management at the American Naval Postgraduate School, bdullah assumed command of Jordan's Special Forces and other elite units as brigadier general, restructuring them into the Joint Special Operations Command two years later. The King occasionally trains with the Jordanian army in live ammunition military drills. He is a Star Trek fan, In 1996 he appeared briefly in the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Investigations", in a non-speaking role. Pretty much the only Arab ally over there. |
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