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Annan bravely drops plan to visit Amman
 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has put off plans to travel to Amman on Thursday after bombings of three international hotels in the Jordanian capital, UN officials said on Wednesday.
| "I ain't staying in the Radisson! You can't make me stay in the Radisson!" |
Annan had decided at the last minute to visit Amman after canceling a trip to Tehran in response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadâs call for Israel to be âwiped off the map.â
| "I ain't going to Teheran, either! Those people are crazy!" |
âIn light of current events he put off a trip to Jordan,â UN spokesman Farhan Haq said in New York. The UN leader was in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
| "They can't get me here, can they?" |
Annan, in a statement, strongly condemned the âterrorist bombingsâ in Amman and sent his condolences to the families of the victims and the people and government of Jordan.
Posted by: Fred 2005-11-11 |
