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Tuesday, October 29, 2002
THE
BATTAUd
U.S. diplomat shot to death
outside his house in Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — An American
diplomat was assassinated Monday in front of
his house, gunned down by eight pistol shots
in the first such targeted attack on a U.S.
diplomat in decades. The killing appeared
aimed at undennining a key ally increasingly
under pressure as Washington prepares for a
showdown with Iraq.
Laurence Foley, a 60-year-old administra
tor at the U.S. Agency for International
Development, was walking to his car when a
single gunman opened fire, police said. The
gunman — and likely accomplices —
escaped.
U.S. and Jordanian officials said it was too
early to tell whether the attack was terrorist-
related. There were no suspects and no one
claimed responsibility.
A Jordanian police official, speaking on
condition of anonymity, said the killing
appeared to have been carried out by profes
sionals who had been following Foley for
some time to determine his schedule.
The killing stunned the estimated 3,000-
strong American community in Jordan, which
generally considers Amman safe, despite
occasional warnings of security threats.
Security was immediately increased at
embassies and diplomatic missions. In an
unusual scene for Amman, red beret-clad spe
cial forces riding jeeps mounted with
machine-guns escorted diplomatic vehicles
through the city.
The U.S. Embassy warned Americans to
“remain vigilant.”
At a news conference, U.S. Ambassador
Edward Gnehm condemned the shooting as a
“cowardly, criminal act” but refused to call it
terrorist-related.
Foley, recently honored for 37 years of
“superior” service, had been working on proj
ects to deliver clean drinking water and health
care to poor Jordanians and provide loans to
small businesses.
His voice breaking several times, Gnehm
described the former Peace Corps volunteer
as “a man who dedicated his life to improving
the lives of others.” He said Foley’s wile,
Virginia, recalled him telling her the night
before he died: “I’m where I want to be doing
what I want to do.”
Foley, a native of Boston and father of
three, worked for the Peace Corps in India and
the Philippines and carried out USAID
assignments in Bolivia, Peru, Zimbabwe and
Jordan.
Gnehm said there had been no threats or
warnings and denied that security had been
lax outside the fortress-like walls of the
sprawling embassy compound.
Neighbors told The Associated Press that
locally employed embassy guards usually
parked overnight outside Foley’s villa and left
in the mornings. It was unclear if they were
there at the time of the shooting.
The killing of an American official
shocked Jordan’s pro-Western government,
which has maintained close ties to
Washington despite rising public anger over
U.S. support for Israel and preparations for
war against neighboring Iraq.
Anti-American demonstrations are less
common and smaller here than in other Arab
capitals, and usually tied to protests against
Israel.
Nevertheless, more than half of Jordan's 5
million people are of Palestinian origin, some
with close ties to Palestinian extremist groups.
Jordan and Iraq maintain close commercial
links, and there is considerable traffic between
the two countries.
Jordan’s foreign minister, Marwan
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Three Afghans, Pakistani held at
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —
The United States has released
four al-Qaida and Taliban sus
pects from Guantanamo Bay, the
first detainees to leave the island
prison because they no longer
pose a threat, officials said
Monday.
Three Afghan detainees were
handed over Sunday to Afghan
officials at Bagram Air Base, Red
Cross and U.S. officials said. The
fourth detainee, a Pakistani, was
flown on to Pakistan.
“We’re confinuing that four
were transferred for release,” said
Pentagon spokeswoman Lt.
Cmdr. Barbara Burfeind.
Even with the departures, the
number of detainees at the U.S.
naval base in Guantanamo rose
above 600 with the arrival of a
planeload of about 30 prisoners
from an undisclosed location.
Burfeind said the new total is
“approximately 625.”
The three Afghans arrived
Sunday at Bagram, the U.S. mili
tary headquarters in Afghanistan,
and were transferred to the cus
tody of Afghan officials there in
the presence of delegates from
the International Committee of
the Red Cross, said Red Cross
spokeswoman Caroline
Douilliez.
“They are still in the hands of
the authorities and it is up to them
what happens next,” Douilliez
told The Associated Press.
Pakistani officials said they
would hold the Pakistani citizen
for “some time” and debrief him.
He was identified as Mohammed
Saghir, 60, from North West
Frontier Province, which borders
Afghanistan.
Little information was dis
closed about the Afghans, but
Kabul Police Chief Basir Salangi
said, “They’re very old. They
look very sick.” He said they
were taken to a Red Cross hospi
tal in Kabul.
Afghanistan state-run televi
sion said the three were Taliban.
Interior Minister Taj
Mohammed Wardak said the
Kabul government had received a
letter informing them about the
impending release, but heard
nothing else.
Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld disclosed last week
that the Pentagon was planning to
release some prisoners after it
was determined they were not
candidates for prosecution, held
no intelligence value and were
not a threat to the United States
and its allies.
The former detainees had
been moved to Cuba by U.S. offi
cials and held for months after
their arrest in Afghanistan follow
ing the fall of the Taliban.
The Pentagon declined to go
into detail about the former
Guantanamo detainees, but
Burfeind said the decision to
return them to their countries was
based on “the nature of the con
tinuing threat they may pose.”
“Senior leadership of the
Department of Defense, in con
sultation with other U.S. govern
ment officials, determined that
these four detainees no longer
posed a threat to U.S. security,”
said Pentagon spokeswoman
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as he proceeds without them.
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made the United Nations look foolish."
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will or the courage to disarm Saddam
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