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...stone Basman Palace in Amman, guarded by Circassian troopers in astrakhan hats, Jordan's King Hussein deftly shifted Prime Ministers. Out went muscular Wasfi Tal, 43, an efficient but Nasser-hating administrator. In came Jordan's "man of crises,'' five-time Prime Minister Samir Rifai, 62, who has been campaigning in recent months for more democracy inside Jordan and an end to antagonism against Nasser...
What's the Difference? After a late night talk, King Hussein and Rifai agreed on a new government, looking toward parliamentary democracy and Hussein's eventual retirement to the figurehead role of a constitutional monarch. They even gingerly accepted the Nasser-Baath slogan of ''Freedom, Unity, Socialism,'' with only the slight amendment of the final word to read "A Better Life...
...young militants who would stir up trouble as the rebel F.L.N. leaders do for Algeria. They would be backed by Cairo and run from Cairo. King Hussein was thus in for another showdown with Nasser. At such times he usually sends for his old troubleshooter, hard-nosed Samir Rifai, to take over as Premier. All Jordan was waiting for the luckless Premier Majali to step down...
When things are at their worst in Jordan, Samir Rifai is summoned. But when the desperate hours have passed, rival courtiers and politicians complain against the tough little Premier's hardfisted ways, and out he goes. Last week, buoyed by a two months' world tour, full of cheer and confidence, assured of the U.S.'s continued $50 million-a-year financial subsidy, young (23) King Hussein abruptly ended the fifth premiership in 15 years of his able but unpopular strongman. It was a sure sign that the King felt safely past the crisis created in Amman...
Hazza Majali has been under attack by the United Arab Republic's press and radio ever since King Hussein asked him last Tuesday to form a new government replacing that of Samir Rifai...