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Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=214889
Jordanian Protests Continue
(Jerusalem Post) Ben Hartman - A massive police presence on Friday kept an antigovernment protest in Amman from descending into the sort of violence that left one man dead and over 150 injured in clashes with police and pro-government supporters in the Jordanian capital a week earlier. The demonstration was organized by the "March 24th Movement," which, while started mainly by young people, has taken on a heavily Islamic membership. The crowd at Friday's rally included a high number of men with long beards and virtually all the women present were in full Islamic garb. Portraits of King Abdullah II were held up at both the pro-government and anti-government rallies Friday. "We're all with the king; we all know that Jordan would be destroyed without the Hashemite kingdom. We just want the corrupt people in the government out," said Yahan Bataineh, 35.