Marwan Muasher
Marwan Muasher
Marwan al-Muasheris a Jordanian diplomat and politician who was Jordan's foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and its deputy prime minister during 2004 and 2005. He currently serves as vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research on the Middle East. He was Jordan’s first ambassador to Israel and former ambassador to the United States...
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The steps Jordan has taken are necessary for the development of a truly independent media in the country, but they are far from sufficient. . . . We need to evolve towards a culture where diversity is seen as a source of strength rather than a weakness, and where criticism of the state is tolerated by the state and society in general.
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These are outlaws, these are terrorists, barbarians who don't really belong to any identity, any nationality.
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Isolating Arafat in this way is only making him more popular,
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I carried at least 20 people back and forth to the Jordan Hospital. Everybody was screaming and crying; mothers were confused. ... I was just shocked,
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I think, if the Iraqis are given a free choice, he would not emerge as the leader of Iraq, ... If he is pushed as the leader of Iraq, he will be seen as a U.S. agent.
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This culture that is mingling in our society has no justification. Our society will confront them and say, no, no matter what their cause is, be it the occupation of Iraq or Palestine. We will do everything to defend ourselves.
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Colin Powell was somebody who understood the words, who truly listened and who cared about the problems of the world, ... I hate to see him go precisely at the time when the prospects for a breakthrough are improving.
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Authorities are also putting more X-ray equipment to carry out thorough searches on vehicles,
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Let me make it absolutely clear that we don't expect a backlash against Iraqis,
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This is a decision that Tunis has taken, at the same time we feel that it needs to be followed with a quick summit,
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This technique was used in all three of the attacks.
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We will not jeopardize our relations with the United States. On the other hand, it's going to be an extremely difficult position to defend in front of our public opinion.
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We don't need more meetings, more photo-ops, ... What we need today is a serious process that will affect the lives of the people, that will give them hope that we are finally on the road towards ending this long-standing conflict.
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We still don't know why this was done. Obviously anyone who blows himself up in a wedding hall is not someone who wants the good of his country or the good of any human being.