''Arab Spring'' Jordan

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER IN JORDAN WARNS OF ME LEADERS BEING TOPPLED…….

<sarcasm>Ah, what wonderful world it would be if all the fundamuslims would rise up and overthrow their secular authortarians and instill fundamuslim regimes instead. What a wonderful world it would be.</sarcasm> KGS

The Muslim Brotherhood wants to help…….

Jordan’s Islamic Party Brotherhood leader, Sheikh Hammam Saeed: “The unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States.”

Jordan’s opposition: Arabs will topple tyrants

By JAMAL HALABY

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – The leader of Jordan’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood warned Saturday that unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States.

Hammam Saeed’s comments were made at a protest outside the Egyptian Embassy in Amman, inspired by massive rallies in neighboring Egypt demanding the downfall of the country’s longtime president, Hosni Mubarak.

About 100 members of the fundamentalist group and activists from other leftist organizations and trade unions chanted “Mubarak, step down” and “the decision is made, the people’s revolt will remain.”

Elsewhere, a separate group of 300 protesters gathered in front of the office of Jordanian Prime Minister Samir Rifai, demanding his ouster. “Rifai, it’s time for you to go,” chanted the group.

Jordan’s protests have been relatively small in size, but they underline a rising tension with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, a key U.S. ally who has been making promises of reform in recent days in an apparent attempt to quell domestic discontent over economic degradation and lack of political freedoms.

But as a monarch with deep support from the Bedouin-dominated military, Jordan’s ruler is not seen as vulnerable as Mubarak or Tunisia’s deposed leader. Even the Brotherhood – a fiery critic of Jordan’s moderate government – has remained largely loyal to the king, who claims ancestry to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.

Many believe it’s unlikely King Abdullah will bow to demands for popular election of the prime minister and Cabinet officials, traditionally appointed by the king.

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