Jordan Cables





Bashar al-Assad should step down - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "Jordanian King Abdullah II - publicly calls for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Syrian Bashar al-Assad - to step down !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Abdullah II intervenes on behalf - of the Arab Spring !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "his carefully worded remarks - come after the Arab League - suspended Syria's membership !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Bashar al-Assad has to make - concessions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "it is not possible - that nothing changes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and if Bashar al-Assad - cares for his - own people ?!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Assad launches a dialogue - with the democratic movement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and begins an - orderly transition !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Jordanian King Abdullah II responds - cautiously !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to continued sporadic - low-level protests at home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "promising reform - and greater powers - for the parliament !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Water - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06AMMAN4692

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  • "Jordan's senior water officials - demand to treat water - more carefully !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "to limit domestic water in cities - and to better re-use water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Jordan has a complex series - of water swaps - in its peace treaty with Israel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Jordan sends to Israel - up to 20 million cubic meters of Yarmouk water - in the winter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and Israel transfers that amount - back to Jordan - during the summer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "very important elements are better management - and re-use - of treated wastewater !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and more water efficiency - at the farm level !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( more than 50% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )"

 


 

 

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  • "so that the crop - gets the water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( and not saline groundwater or drains - into the Jordan River ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09AMMAN1690

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  • "Jordan has a plan - to reduce imports - of energy sources !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "the Jordanian government releases - a new national energy strategy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to reduce - foreign oil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and to develop indigenous - renewable - energy sources !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 


 

 

 

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Refugees - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06AMMAN6781

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  • "estimates of Iraqi refugees - in Jordan - were 500,000 !"

 

 

 

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  • "they often were in - separate camps !"

 

 

 

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  • "but they have support of UNO agencies - and international NGOs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Budget - US cable - 2004: LINK ¤ 04AMMAN9370

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  • "compared to other states - the Jordanian security budget - was relatively high !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Media - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09AMMAN952

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  • "under the title - a message of peace - the Jordan Times wrote !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Jordanian King Abdullah II made it clear - that we believe - that it is important !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "for all of us - to keep our eyes - on the prize !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and the prize is - peace and stability - for all the people - in this region !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Abdullah II carried with him - the offer - of the entire Arab world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "comprehensive peace - with Israel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in exchange for - returned land !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "a full - Palestinian state !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and a just settlement - to the refugee problem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Goldstone Report
- US cable - 2009:
LINK ¤ 09AMMAN2201

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  • "US embassy delivered demarche to Samer Naber - Americas bureau chief at the foreign ministry !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "Naber supported the Goldstone report - on Israeli actions - in Gaza !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and Naber characterized Goldstone - as "a man of integrity"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "whose "quite serious" report - demands a response !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Human Rights - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10AMMAN326

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  • "Jordan's human rights record - should be bettered !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "for example - the electoral law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the status of - women's rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and freedom of expression - in the media !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "( 90 percent of local journalists said - they practiced some kind of self-censorship ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Petra - US cable - 2007:
LINK ¤ 07AMMAN3159

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  • "Petra's candidacy - as one of seven - "old wonders of the world"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "have dominated the news - and attention of Jordan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Petra - a stone city first settled - 2600 years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "was the capital - of Nabataean nomads !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "who transformed the area into a - livable city !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "and a junction for silk - spice - and trade routes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "travelers who make the three-hour drive from Amman - to the southwestern Jordanian city !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "are rewarded with - awe-inspiring scenery !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "of rose-colored sandstone ruins - amidst a winding canyon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PETRA - Wikipedia EN:
LINK ¤ PETRA

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  • "Petra - Al-Batrā - is a historical and archaeological city !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "that is famous - for its rock-cut architecture - and water conduit system !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "another name for Petra is - the "Rose City" - due to the color of the stone out of which it is carved !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

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