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UNCLAS AMMAN 005532 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO PREL PTER IZ JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN CONDEMNS NAJAF BOMBING 
 
REF: SECSTATE 250578 
 
¶1.  (U)   Jordanian Information Minister Nabil Sharif 
publicly condemned the bombing in Najaf just a few hours 
after the blast on August 29.  In the name of the GOJ, Sharif 
denounced the bombing and assassination of Ayatollah Mohammad 
Baqir al-Hakim as "a hideous crime," saying that the "horrid 
act targeted the security and stability process in brotherly 
Iraq."  He commented that such crimes would not serve the 
goals and aspirations of the Iraqi people. 
 
¶2.  (U)  On receipt of ref August 31, PolCouns contacted Ali 
al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's 
Private Office, and passed on the USG statements condemning 
the bombing.  He thanked Jordan for its swift condemnation of 
the bombing, and urged the GOJ to continue to support the 
Iraqi Governing Council (GC) and Coalition efforts to restore 
stability to Iraq.  Ayed said that senior GOJ officials were 
shocked by the bombing, and repeated earlier GOJ pledges to 
work cooperatively with the GC. 
 
¶3.  (U)  CPA Baghdad minimize considered. 
HALE