Jordan Islamists warn PM against crackdown
Jordan’s mainstream Islamists on Friday warned Jordan’s new security-minded Prime Minister Marouf Bakheet against adopting repressive policies to curb Muslim militancy, saying it would backfire and fuel extremism. King Abdullah asked Bakheet, 58, his national security chief and a member of the powerful intelligence establishment, to form a new cabinet with a strong mandate to wage an “all-out war” against Islamist militancy, two weeks after triple suicide bombings killed 60 people.Full Story