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wedding
Rania Al Abdullah, Queen of Jordan
and Benedict XVI
educational programs launched by
global outreach tools of
pronounced queen
as women’s rights advocate
on World Economic Forum Foundation board
Rania Al Yassin.
See entries under
Rania Al Abdullah
Rantisi, Abdel Aziz
Rawabdeh, Abdul Raouf
Rawashdeh, Nathem
Razaq, Abdul
Reagan, Ronald
Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts
Rice, Condoleezza
Rifai, Samir
Rifai, Zaid
Rihab excavation
Rio Tinto
Road map approach
Ross, Dennis
Royal Court (Diwan)
Royal Guard
Royal Jordanian Air Force
Royal Jordanian Airline
Rubicon
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia, Abdullah II visit
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait
Sabra massacre
Sadat, Anwar
assassination of
Israel visit (1977)
regains Sinai (1979)
Sadr, Muqtada al-
Said Bin Taimur, Sultan of Oman
St. Edmund’s School
Salafi movement
Salaheddin Minbar
Salma bint Abdullah II, Princess of Jordan
Salomon, Gershon
Sandhurst
Abdullah II at
Aisha, Princess at
Hussein of Jordan at
Talal bin Abdullah at
San Remo Conference (1920)
Sarvath El Hassan, Princess of Jordan
Saud Al-Faisal, Prince of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Abdullah II, tour as king
-Jordan relations
Schwarzkopf, General Norman
September 11 attacks
Shalit, Gilad
Sharifa Dina Abdel Hamid
Sharif Nasser bin Jamil
Sharm El Sheikh Accord (1999)
Sharon, Ariel
Abdullah II, meeting with
Al Haram Al Sharif visit
Bush (G. W.) meeting with
disengagement orders
election of (2001)
in Israeli military
Lebanon, invasion of (1978)
as president, destructive actions
and slaughter of Palestinians
stroke/coma
wall construction
Shatila massacre
Shawabkeh, Jamal
Shia Islam
Shia parties
Iranian connection to
power in Iraq, post-war
-Sunni conflict in Iraq
Shobak castle
Sinai Peninsula
Israeli seizure of (1967)
peacekeeping troops
returned to Egypt (1979)
Sino Uranium
Smith, Chip
Smith, Jim
Sofia, Queen of Spain
Soviet Union
collapse, and Middle East
pro-Soviet Arab states
Special economic zones
Special Forces, Abdullah as commander
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
Abdullah II creates
Abdullah II as head
drug smuggling operation
murder ring bust
on standby for domestic trouble
Spielberg, Steven
Status of Forces Agreement (2009)
Stern Gang
Straits of Tiran
Sudan, Abdullah II, tour as king
Sunni Islam
Sunni parties
American negativity toward
-Shia conflict in Iraq
Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)
Syria
Abdullah II, tour as king
attacks Jordan (1970)
Golan Heights attack (1973)
-Iraq relations
-Jordan relations
1967 war
Palestinians, protection of
revolutionary groups in
See also
Assad, Hafez, al-
Takfiris.
See also
Islamic extremists
Tal, Wasfi
Talal bin Abdullah, King of Jordan
Talal bin Muhammad, Prince of Jordan
1967 war
and Saddam Hussein family
Tal Al Rumman
Tarawneh, Ahmad
Temple Mount
Temple Mount Faithful
Tenet, George
Thahiri Islam
Thatcher, Margaret
Toukan, Alia
Toukan, Samih
Truman, Harry
Two-state solution
Umra
United Arab Command
United Arab Emirates, Abdullah II, tour as king
United Arab Republic
United Iraqi Alliance (UIA)
United Nations (UN)
condemnation of Israel
forces in Lebanon (1978)
and Iraq invasion of Kuwait (1990)
land-for-peace policy
Resolution 242 (1967)
two-state solution
United States
Gulf War (1991)
hostages in Iran (1979)
Jewish migration to Palestine, position on
-Jordan FTA
September 11 attacks
See also specific U.S. presidents
University of Jordan
Uranium deposits
Urban II, Pope
USS
Cole
USS
Elrod
USS
Samuel B. Roberts
USS
Stark
USS
Vincennes
U Thant
Vella, Perry
Wadi Rum
Waqf
Watts, Sir Arthur
West Bank
Arabs, allocation to (1949)
building moratorium, failure of
in Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
illegal Israeli settlements
Israeli disengagement (2005)
Israeli seizure of (1967)
Israeli seizure of (2002)
Jordanian disengagement from
Palestinian partial control
Palestinian refugees in
wall construction by Israel
Weymouth, Lally
Widmer, Eric
Wolfowitz, Paul
World Economic Forum (2000)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Wye River Memorandum (1998)
Yassin, Ahmed, Sheikh
assassination of
Israeli release of
Yatom, Danni
Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is Our Home)
Zahran Palace
Zarqa
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-
amnesty by Jordan
death of
development as terrorist
in Iraq
violence in Jordan by
Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi, Abdullah II, meeting with
Zeid bin Al Hussein, Prince of Iraq
Zeid bin Shaker
Zein Al Sharaf, Queen of Jordan
Zein bint Al Hussein, Princess of Jordan
Zia-ul-Haq, Brigadier
Zionists

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