JORDAN: GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES SEARCH AMMAN'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR BANNED ARMS.

Record ID: 407536

  • Title: JORDAN: GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES SEARCH AMMAN'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR BANNED ARMS.
  • Date: 26th April 1971
  • Summary: 1. LS GRAND HUSSEIN MOSQUE. 0.06 2. LS STREET SCENES, ARMY VEHICLES PARKED. 0.10 3. LS STREET SCENE, PARKED ARMED LAND-ROVER. 0.16 4. TS PARKED POLICE CARS. 0.22 5. TS STREET SCENE 0.26 6. LS TROOPS AND POLICE SEARCHING ROOF-TOP. 0.35 7. MCS STREET TRADER. 0.43 8. MLS SECURITY MEN ON ROOF TOP LOOK DOWN INTO STREET.
  • Embargoed: 11th May 1971 13:00
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  • Location: AMMAN, JORDAN
  • Country: Jordan
  • Reuters ID: LVADWLD4X2S482SZDTOPS1F7CQBR
  • Story Text: JORDANIAN SECURITY FORCES ON SUNDAY SEARCHED THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF AMMAN, AS THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ARMS BANNED UNDER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE AUTHORITIES AND PALESTINE COMMANDOES.

    THE PREVIOUS DAY, A SEARCH OF JEBEL NUZHA AND HUSSEIN CAMP IN AMMAN UNCOVERED BANNED WEAPONS, INCLUDING ROCKETS, MINES, MORTAR SHELLS, INCENDIARY BOMBS, ANTI-ARMOUR GUNS, WIRELESS EQUIPMENT AND EXPLOSIVES.

    GOVERNMENT FORCES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING SEARCHES FOR ARMS SINCE THE WITHDRAWAL FROM AMMAN OF THE PALESTINIAN GUERRILLA IN EARLY APRIL, AFTER THE SETTLEMENT OF THE RECENT TWO-WEEK CRISIS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.

    SYNOPSIS: IN THE DISTRICT OF THE GRAND HUSSEIN MOSQUE IN AMMAN ON SUNDAY, JORDANIAN SECURITY FORCES CONTINUED THE SEARCH FOR ARMS BANNED UNDER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE AUTHORITIES AND PALESTINE COMMANDOES.

    THE SEARCHES HAVE BEEN PROCEEDING SINCE THE EARLY APRIL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE JORDAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PALESTINIAN GUERRILLAS OF THE TWO-WEEK CRISIS WHICH FLARED UP BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.

    THE PREVIOUS DAY IN AMMAN, A SEARCH OF JEBEL NUZHA AND HUSSEIN CAMP UNCOVERED BANNED WEAPONS WHICH INCLUDED ROCKETS, MINES, MORTAR SHELLS, INCENDIARY BOMBS, ANTI-ARMOUR GUNS, WIRELESS EQUIPMENT, AND EXPLOSIVES.

    IN NORTH JORDAN ON SUNDAY A JORDANIAN SOLDIER WAS KILLED WHEN HE WALKED INTO A BOOBY TRAP DURING A SIMILAR ARMS SEARCH NEAR THE JORDAN-SYRIAN BORDER, ACCORDING TO JORDANIAN MILITARY SPOKESMEN.

    MEANWHILE IN AMMAN, THE SITUATION WAS STEADILY BECOMING MORE STABLE AS SEARCHES CONTINUED.

    SHOPKEEPERS IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA GENERALLY CO-OPERATED WITH SECURITY FORCES, TRADE WAS NOT DISRUPTED, AND TRAFFIC WAS NORMAL.

    SHOPPERS IN THE STREETS COULD OFTEN BE SEEN SHAKING HANDS WITH SOLDIERS OR POLICEMEN.

    THE DRIVE ON CONCEALED ARMS IS PARTLY IN PREPARATION FOR THE CELEBRATION ON MONDAY OF THE 50TH. ANNIVERSARY OF THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM.
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