AMERICAN DIPLOMAT MURDERED: Laurence Foley, an American diplomat stationed in Jordan, was
shot to death this morning in front of his home. A Jordanian security spokesman declared, "This attack, regardless of its motives and reasons, is an aggression on Jordan and its national security. We will not tolerate that at all.'' Given that Jordanian security personnel are cutthroat hardasses, I don't doubt the veracity of that statement.
So far there's been no claim of responsibility but it'd take a Jimmy Carter-caliber numbskull to assume the triggermen weren't Islamic terrorists. And it's very telling that the Jordanian spokesman characterized this murder as "an aggression on Jordan." Considering the target and the location -- an American diplomat in Jordan -- I think it's obvious that Foley's murder was the first of what may turn out to be a series of Iraqi-sponsored retaliations for Jordan's logistical cooperation with the U.S. military.
