Jordan has gone on alert for the prospect of a spate of suicide strikes. Jordanian sources said authorities suspected that four vehicles packed with explosives have entered the Hashemite kingdom from either Iraq or Syria.
The sources said the vehicles were being prepared for a suicide strike around Western embassies in Amman. “We are positive […]

Last Monday, Jordan’s Lower House condemned the cartoons that have been published in Danish and Norwegian papers over the past few months.
In a statement they said:
â??The Lower House of Parliament expresses its utmost anger and absolute condemnation of this despicable cowardly crime, which does not reflect any sense of thought or knowledge,â?
…â??This practice is a […]

Thanks to the donkey It was only a donkey, yet it turned one of Egypt’s governorates into a battle zone. Forgetting all about decency and etiquette, the donkey, belonging to a family in the neighborhood, urinated in front of the neighbors’ house, causing an endless dispute between the women of both families, with each insisting […]

AMMAN â?? The Lower House speaker on Tuesday chided more than 40 deputies for not attending Monday’s Lower House session and published their names in the local Arabic press yesterday.
During Monday’s session, Abdul Hadi Majali criticised the absentees and decided to take the unprecedented action of publishing their names in the papers.
The move was in […]

A January election in Canada. Who the heck drew the short straw on that decision?
Voting is the heart of the democratic process and today was my first taste test. It kind of feels weird. Politics is my major interest in life and I’ve never actually voted. It’s like studying art history and ranting on about […]

White House drama The West Wing will end its seven-year run on US TV network NBC in May. The political saga has suffered a ratings slump since it was moved to Sunday nights. NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly said the decision to cancel it was made before actor John Spencer died of a heart attack […]

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I feel bad for the Iraqi people when it comes to these situations. They have to deal with the actions of American troops, the reactions of terrorists, and the re-reactions of American troops. Rock —-> Iraqis < —- Hard Place
US forces hunting kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll are raiding Iraqi homes in a race against […]

i wish i could write a poem
with sun soaked syllables
and words of grand designs
written between invisible fine lines
but revealed in due time
i wish i could write a poem
where metaphors were sad songs
and guitar chords could wrap melodies around you
surround you, like a quiet blanket
and hot peppermint tea on a Friday night
when suffocating feels like a […]

A Jordanian kidnapped by Iraqi militants demanding the release of a failed woman suicide bomber appealed for his life in a video aired on Sunday, saying he was wearing an explosive belt that could be set by his captors.
“I am in great danger and this place is booby-trapped and I am wearing an explosive belt,” […]

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1 bottle of redbull, 250 ml? $2.99
2L bottle of Mountain Dew Energy drink? $1.49
Going for price value whilst not reading the Warning Label on the back and suffering from hallucinations such as the walls of my apartment closing in on me?
Priceless.
Mid-term exam in 9 hours, 8 minutes, 23 seconds and counting
(the walls are moving, i […]

Well the deadline has just passed and many people are holding their breaths to see what will happen to Jill Carroll. I’ve been holding my breath for several weeks now since a group kidnapped a Jordanian driver in December demanding to exchange him for the failed terrorist bomber of November 9th attacks on Amman.
It’s so […]

Sticks and stones
Break brittle bones
While loose lips
Sink tired ships
As silent fools prove
that
words
can
always
hurt
you

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â??They want my house because it is next door to them and from here they can control more of the market. But this house has been in my family since at least 1870, and they can offer me money from the ground to the sky: I won’t take it.â?
This was one story that had me […]

I think bloggers vary in their approaches to blogging. I’m not just talking about the art of blogging as defined by writing and publishing a post but rather the entire process of “interaction”. See, some bloggers will blog endlessly and be fixated only with their blogs. Others will blog rarely but you’ll see their names […]