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Mon 17 May, 2004 08:57 am
King Abdullah interview
This past weekend, King Abdullah of Jordan played host to many dignitaries, including U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, at a World Economic Forum meeting held at the Dead Sea. In his hotel suite, the young monarch spoke to Lally Weymouth of Newsweek and The Post. Excerpts:
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Jordan has been a great ally of the US for many years. It's good to have a friend like that in the Middle East. And it's good to have a moderate voice among Arabs.
I was really sorry to hear of King Hussein's death. He was quite a man.
Quite remarkable. The three of us on one thread with nothing to disagree about!
This is an interesting intreview with an interesting man.
We have a saying in Turkish goes along the lines.... when a friend tells, he tells truthfully.... thats why friends' advice should be heeded to, especially Abdullah's. He is the voice of moderation as far as the arabs are concerned, but he is mighty lonely, and lately the US administration is doing his best to discredit him with his arab buddies (bush's support of sharons unilateral withdrawal from gaza).
The way things are going Abullah might have a civil uprising in his hands, courtesy of his "friends"
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