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2008-08-06 “If Israel approves this West Bank settlement [= Maskiot, a former Israeli army base in the Jordan Valley], it will be breaking repeated promises to halt all new settlement activity and violating international law.
Rather than expanding these illegal settlements, the Israeli government should be dismantling them.”
-- Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch
2008-07-07 Jordon could be exporting (nuclear) energy by 2030.
-- Khalid Touqan, Chairman of the Jordan Nuclear Commission
2008-07-07 "Jordan's uranium reserves are estimated at 140,000 tons."
-- Khalid Touqan, Chairman of the Jordan Nuclear Commission
2007-07 Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood condemned the Pakistani army's siege and storming of Red Mosque in Islamabad.
2007-03-07 King Abdullah II of Jordan addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress making a passionate appeal for US leadership to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
2007-01-20 King Abdullah II publicly announced for the first time that he wanted to develop Jordan's nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes
2007-01-16 The United Nations refugee agency estimates that up to 700,000 displaced Iraqis are in Jordan
2007 Jordan currently imports 95 percent of its energy needs and spends a quarter of its gross domestic product to purchase energy.
2007 Jordan ratified the international Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women - 15 years after originally signing it.
2006-12-24 In Iraq, a 26-yearold Blackwater security contractor shot and killed a 32-year-oldsecurity guard to Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd-al-Mahdi during a confrontation in the "Little Venice" area of the International Zone in Baghdad.

According to documents obtained by the Committee, the Blackwater contractor, who worked as an armorer, had attended aparty on the evening of December 24, had consumed several alcoholic beverages, and was described as drunk by witnesses who encountered him that evening. Between l0:30 and 11:30 p.m., the Blackwater contractor, carrying a Glock 9 mm pistol, passed through a gate near the Iraqi Prime Minister's compound and was confronted by the Iraqi guard, who was on duty. The Blackwater contractor f,rred m-ultiple shots, three of which struck the guard, then fled the scene. The victim was taken to the 28tn Combat Army Support Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight.
The Blackwater contractor fled to a guard post operated by Triple Canopy, another private military contractor. He told personnel there that he had gotten into a gunfight with Iragis and that they were chasing him and shooting at him. The guards had not heard any gunshots.'* He fumbled with his firearm, which was loaded, until one of the guards took it from him." Although he appeared visibly intoxicated and smelled of alcohol, he denied that he had any alcoholic beverages that evening.'
A Triple Canopy guard returned his firearm and escorted him away from their post. Shortly thereafter, a group of armed Iraqi men arrived at the gate searching for the Blackwater contractor. He was later apprehended by International Zone Police at approximately l:00 a.m. at his room in the Blackwater camp. The police took custody of his Glock handgun and ammunition. After testing the Blackwater contractor for blood alcohol content, the police determined that he was too intoxicated to be interviewed atthat time. During questioning on December 25 by Army investigators, the Blackwater contractor claimed that the security guard, Raheem Khalif, shot ãt him anã that he shot back in self-defense.

On December 25 , the day after the shooting of the guard, Blackwater terminated the contractor from the State Department contract based on its policy against possessing a firearm while intoxicated. That same day, only hours after the shooting, Blackwater arranged to have the contractor flown out of lraq. The State Department was informed of Blackwater's arrangements for the contractor and received a copy of his itinerary.

On the morning of December 26, less than 36 hours after the killing, Blackwater transported the contractor to Baghdad Intemational Airport, from which he flew to Jordan, and then back to the United States "[u]nder the authority of the DOS Regional Security Officer."

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