Jordan on the Brink
December 30th, 2008 by Tariq
Here is something that a few of the editorials in my previous post have touched on only generally: the implications of the Gaza crisis on secular Arab autocrats.
Marc Lynch at Abu Aardvark says “King Abdullah of Jordan has just taken the remarkable step of firing his powerful head of General Intelligence in the middle of a major regional — and potentially domestic — crisis.” Replacing Mohammed al-Thahbi, presumably, will be Mohammed Raqad. “[T]he move suggests a panic at the heart of the Hashemite establishment over the ramifications of the spiraling Gaza crisis.”
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