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To: LindyBill who wrote (55111)	10/28/2002 4:58:07 AM
From: Condor	Respond to of 281500

Jordan Official: US Diplomat Killed By JAMAL HALABY 10/28/2002 04:26:05 EST AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Gunmen killed an American diplomat Monday as he walked to his car outside his home in the Jordanian capital, Jordan's information minister said. The diplomat, identified by Jordanian security officials as Laurence Foley of the U.S. Agency for International Development, was killed at 7:30 a.m. "Gunmen sprayed the diplomat with several shots, killing him instantly," Information Minister Mohammed Affash Adwan said. Adwan said he did not know if the attack on Foley was a terrorist incident. But, he added, "This attack, regardless of its motives and reasons, is an aggression on Jordan and its national security. We will not tolerate that at all." U.S. Embassy officials were not answering telephone calls. The security officials said Foley's wife called police after the attack outside his home in a middle-class district of Amman. Foley apparently was shot while walking toward his car. Police swarmed the scene, searching for fingerprints and other evidence. Jordan is known for its tight security, but several attacks have been directed against Israelis in Amman and along the Jordanian-Israel border. Jordan and Egypt are the two Arab states that have peace treaties with Israel. The slaying comes at a tense time in the Middle East, with many in the Arab world angry at the United States for its push to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and for what Arabs regard as biased U.S. support for Israel at the expense of the Palestinians. The U.S. government said Sept. 27 it received uncorroborated information that a member of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network was considering kidnapping U.S. citizens in Jordan. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the government had no information to determine the threat's credibility or any indication of the plan's timing. But he added that the U.S. Embassy in Jordan warned American residents in the Arab kingdom. Jordan's alliance with the United States and its 1994 peace treaty with Israel have made the kingdom a target for Muslim militants. Two years ago, 28 Arab men plotted to use poison gas and explosives in attacks against Americans and Israelis in hotels and tourist sites during New Year celebrations in Jordan. The plot was foiled in November 1999.