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...Amman, but the damage had already been done. Four days of violent protests across the country had left eight dead, 89 injured and the government under fire. As soon as he arrived from Washington, Hussein moved swiftly to contain the trouble, replacing his Prime Minister of four years, Zaid Rifai. A few days later, the King announced "speedy steps" toward Jordan's first parliamentary elections in 22 years...
King Hussein escaped personal blame, but Rifai was widely faulted. According + to Professor Ismail Abdul Rahman, an economist at the University of Jordan, the government's "fatal mistake" was avoiding action for years, then trying to do too much too fast...
...disturbances shocked many Jordanians, whose country has been remarkably stable for nearly two decades in spite of its precarious geographical location. Outwardly the protesters focused their anger on Prime Minister Zaid Rifai, chanting, "This man must resign, or we will burn the country...
...invited. In the end, alongside the Shah's widow Farah and their four children, the only foreign dignitaries who attended were former President Richard Nixon, exiled King Constantine of Greece, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Alfred Atherton and diplomats from Britain, France, China, Israel, Australia and Morocco. At al-Rifai Mosque, the Shah's silk-shrouded body was placed on its right side by Crown Prince Reza, with its head resting on a pillow of sand, according to Shi'ite custom. On his deathbed the Shah had asked to be buried ultimately in Tehran near his executed generals...
First Mission. Rifai quickly resigned. Franjieh knew that the Moslems favored Karami, who had served as Premier in eight governments since 1955. But he happens to loathe Karami. The President approached two other ex-premiers for the job; both refused because of the extent of Karami's support. Shrugging, Franjieh accepted the inevitable...