Word: jordanian
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...came to her passion through aversion. "I used to be petrified of the sea," she confides. A major in the Jordanian army, Basma had just completed her parachuting course in 1993 when her commanding officer teased her, "Ha, ha, but you'll never learn to dive." Rising to the challenge, she became the first Jordanian woman to qualify as a navy diver. And she licked her fear. "I was afraid because I didn't know what was below the surface of the water. Now I know," she says...
...government report obtained by TIME last week, "Bin Laden has associated with the leaders of numerous Islamic terrorist groups since the Afghan war. He has trained their troops, provided safe haven and financial support and probably helps them with other organizational matters... Fighters from Egyptian, Algerian, Palestinian, Filipino and Jordanian terrorist groups have trained in his camps...
...recent tour, his first after his release from an Israeli prison last October. But the welcome mat was held back in the place Yassin might have expected to find the warmest greeting. Jordan, whose KING HUSSEIN pressured Israel into freeing Yassin, twice refused him entry. According to a senior Jordanian official, Hussein, who has for years tolerated a high-profile Hamas office in Amman, is weary of the group, which has waged a series of deadly bomb attacks in Israel. Yassin's fiery speeches on the road, calling for the destruction of Israel, were not appreciated by Hussein, who signed...
...gets nasty and tries to attack again, the U.S. will slap him down. But they are skittish about provoking a sleeping beast and fear he might retaliate. They don't trust Saddam's judgment under bombardment, assuming that he could use his terror weapons as a last resort. A Jordanian official says, "You don't poke a lion...
...Jordan - While condemning Iraq for defying U.N. resolutions, a senior Jordanian official has stated that his country's "airspace and land are completely shut in the face of any side which plans attacks . . . against Iraq." Iraq used to be a major Jordanian market...