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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Jordanian Cabinet sworn in |
| 2005-11-28 |
| Jordan's King Abdullah II has sworn in a new Cabinet led by his former national security chief, who pledged to restore the nation's reputation for stability in the Mideast while nurturing reforms. Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit told Abdullah after the brief ceremony on Sunday that "security and stability will remain a Jordanian distinction, despite the terrorist incident which targeted innocent people in the capital of your kingdom". Al-Bakhit was designated prime minister after the 9 November triple Amman hotel blasts that killed 63 people, including three Iraqi suicide bombers. "My government will maintain the balance between freedom and security and we will not allow one to dominate the other," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |