Death of Jordanian Policeman Killed Guarding Israelis Fuels Threats
By Adam Nicky, the Media Line
18 April 2013
AMMAN-- The death of a Jordanian tourism policeman killed while guarding visiting Israelis have evoked threats by members of the victim’s tribe to abduct or kill Israeli tourists unless the government opens an independent probe into the incident.
"Any Israeli could find himself the target of a kidnapping or other measures,” Mohammed Jarah, brother of Sgt. Ibrahim Jarah, told The Media Line by telephone from his home in the town of Mazar,110 miles south of Amman. “We want to know what happened to my brother. The government must open an independent investigation and announce the result in public,” he threatened.
Jarah warned that his tribe will kill ten Israelis in retaliation for his brother's death. (read more)
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Updates
18 April 2013, "Death of Jordanian Policeman Killed Guarding Israelis Fuels Threats," by Media Line
November 2009 "Mandaean Human Rights Annual Report," by The Mandaean Human Rights, The Mandaean Associations Union
10 July 2008 "Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon," by International Crisis Group
8 April 2008 "The legal niceties of torture," by Tom Porteous, New Statesman Online
8 April 2008 "Double Jeopardy: CIA Renditions to Jordan," by Human Rights Watch
8 April 2008 "Stop Renditions to Torture," by Human Rights Watch
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