The Black Iris on Abdullah and parliament

Gregg Carlstrom | November 24, 2009 8:56 AM | 0 | recommend (0) |   |      

I'll be honest: We here at The Majlis don't follow Jordanian politics all that closely. So we're not even going to attempt an "analysis" of King Abdullah's decision to dissolve parliament and call for early elections. Instead, we're just going to point you to Naseem Tarawnah's analysis over at The Black Iris, which does a good job putting Abdullah's move in context.

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