Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 4/26/2004
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of April 26, 2004
- Egypt, Jordan to set up customs- clearance zone in Nuweiba
Egypt and Jordan discussed Friday a proposal to set up a customs-clearance zone at Nuweiba to help accelerate processing of relief aid to Iraq via Jordan's Aqaba port. The proposal was discussed during a meeting on Friday between Minister of Transport Hamdi El Shayeb and his Jordanian counterpart Raid Abul Saud. Egypt-Jordan, Economics, 5/1/2004 - Al-Zarqawi denies the Jordanian version over the chemical attack
The Jordanian Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi -- suspected to be member in al-Qaida organization -- accused in a tape the Jordanian government of "lying" in its version on foiling a destructive chemical attacks, but he confirmed he had planned to carry out an attack against Jordanian intelligence circles. Jordan, Local, 5/1/2004 - Jordanian march led by Queen Rania to deplore terrorism
Some 40,000 Jordanians took part in an "official" demonstration led by Queen Rania al-Abdullah, wife of the Jordanian King Abdullah II to deplore an unprecedented attack the Jordanian authorities said a group of al-Qaida was intending to execute in Amman. Jordan, Politics, 4/30/2004 - King Abdullah, al-Qathafi discuss bilateral relations Jordan-Libya, Politics, 4/30/2004
- Jordan discloses persons involved in the chemical attack that would kill 80,000 persons
The Jordanian government yesterday confirmed earlier news on that it was able to foil a huge attack by chemical weapons against the headquarters if the Jordanian intelligence in Amman. It said that the attack would have led to the killing of 80,000 persons in what seems to be the biggest aggression on the history of the Kingdom. Jordan, Local, 4/27/2004 - Saddam's wife assigns a Jordanian lawyer to defend her husband
The prominent Jordanian lawyer Muhammad Najib al-Rashdan got an official authorization to defend the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from his wife and Saddam's daughters who fell in the fist of the American occupation forces in December 2003, 8 months after his rule was toppled. Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 4/27/2004