John Rossomando writing at InvestigativeProject:
...."Revolution, revolution, it is a popular revolution," a crowd of more than 2,000 people chanted in Amman's main square outside Jordan's Interior Ministry, King Abdullah II, a U.S. ally. "Freedom is from God, in spite of you, Abdullah."
Riot police in Amman used water cannons to disperse some of the protesters.
Protesters armed with assault rifles attacked a government building in Maan, a hotbed for Islamic militants located 150 miles south of Amman, after noon prayers, opening fire and wounding police officers who tried blocking them, according to official reports.
While in the city of Karak, eyewitnesses and police say protesters marched through the streets chanting: "Down, down with you, Abdullah," and "Get out and leave us alone" as they shattered shop windows.
The protests were not "spontaneous," but triggered by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Jordanian security official told the Washington Post........
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