The king’s brother in law involvement in the Iraq war.Now with Documents.

Remember this? Mohammad Al-saleh used his relationship to the  king in the documents and in the case against Henry Sargeant III and Mustafa Abu-Naba’a. If I were the King I would really be pissed off- unless I had a stake in this.
Now leaving the ethical issues aside, what the fuck is this! I mean come on!
The [...]

You want a message from the king?

Here is one: the newly named crown prince accompanied his father in his visit to the Bani Hasan tribes..So much for moving beyond tribalism…
The prince reportedly was wearing a ttraditional Jordanian outfit..I mean come on, the theatrics, the location, and the whole production is enough of a message..
Got it?
P.S: How do you think the new crown [...]

A $12,500 Watch gift..

I mean come on now..Do we really need this? Don’t they learn that all the gifts end up in a warehouse..Don’t they also realize that their generous gifts will eventually shame them in the eyes of their people?
I mean isn’t this more risky politically than, lets say, repealing the not-so-tough penalty for honor crimes…
I guess [...]

Regions? Political Reform? Scratch that..

The regions “project” was introduced as the King’s idea for “our gradual” approach to “reform”. After its introduction the “idea” has been under attack from different fronts. Just today the king met with some officials and journalists, and the names suggest that they are mainly the people who were vocal against the idea.
Basically, the king [...]

Highlights of King Abdullah’s interview With David Gregory

On dealing with Bush:
“I think he was dedicated to moving the process forward.  I think I was getting frustrated with the team that didn’t have a sense of urgency. ”
On Agreeing with bush that in 2008 “Despite these frustrations and disappointments, the Middle East in 2008 is a freer, more hopeful and more promising place than [...]

King Abdullah on Torture

I don’t have the exact text yet, but basically his answer  should make us pause for some time and think about his policy in governing.
In response to a question about the HRW report on Jordan being a proxy interrogator, the king said that he asked “his people” if it was true, and they denied, but [...]

Corruption squared

Alarab Alyawm reports on the ministers council approving the duty free car policy which has now became a state policy for  paying off MPs and others. What is different about this is that the 16 MPs had already gotten their duty free pay-off since they are military retirees. The previous policy which was overridden by [...]

The king to dissolve the Parliament?

The king to dissolve the Parliament?
Given the unlimited power that the king have(an issue beyond the scope of this post), will he have the guts to do it? Can he challenge Abdel Hadi El majali and his neo-con allies? Does he have the true will to pursue the reforms that he has been promising since he [...]

Update on Majali’s interview

This guy never fails to amaze me. Now that he read what he said, he criticized the editors and the interviewers for not “editing” the interview(i.e. didn’t make him look good).
HA!

Abdel Hadi El Majali: I am the state.

In his interviewwith Alghad news paper El Mmajali who got to the parliment by collecting less than 4,000 votes offered his diagnosis of the current state of affairs in Jordan.
- Only islamists will benefit from changing the one-man 0ne-vote law.
OK, Mr. Majali, only you and your alikes are benefiting from not changing the law that is specially designed to [...]