Tragedy as Impetus in Jordan
By David Ignatius (THE WASHINGTON POST, 16/11/05):
The headquarters of Jordan's intelligence service sits astride a cliff in this city's western suburbs, on a road marked with a small sign that says "Jordan Nursing Council." Once you pass a series of gates and checkpoints and reach the inner courtyard, you see a stark black flag bearing the Arabic script: "Justice Has Come."
The fearsome Jordanian Mukhabarat has intimidated this country's foreign and domestic enemies for decades, and proved its worth again over the past week. By meticulous tradecraft, it managed to find a female Iraqi suicide bomber whose explosive belt had failed to detonate in last week's attacks by al Qaeda terrorists on three hotels here.… Seguir leyendo »