{"id":358236,"date":"2011-04-01T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T13:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/in-jordans-capital-police-separate-loyalists-protesters\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T13:52:38","slug":"in-jordans-capital-police-separate-loyalists-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/in-jordans-capital-police-separate-loyalists-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"In Jordan&#8217;s capital, police separate loyalists, protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"66.596167494677\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"49.135135135135\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"6\"><!--===========IMAGE============--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/c8b74d81amman.demo_.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Pro-reform demonstrators at Ras Al Ein Square in Amman.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" border=\"0\" id=\"cnnImageChangerImg\" \/><!--===========\/IMAGE===========--><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Pro-reform demonstrators at Ras Al Ein Square in Amman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Government loyalists blocked from marching toward opposition rally<\/li>\n<li>There appears to be a split in opposition ranks<\/li>\n<li>Dozens were injured in fighting last week<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Police in Jordan&#8217;s capital worked to separate pro- and anti-government demonstrators on Friday and avert the violence that erupted there last week.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 1,000 officers have been deployed in Amman, one of the Arab capitals beset with tension in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>So far, there has been no violence at the gatherings, expected after the Muslim Friday prayers<\/p>\n<p>Officers in Amman blocked about three dozen government loyalists as they marched from the Grand Mosque toward Ras Al Ein Square, where opposition members gathered, CNN journalists at the scene said.<\/p>\n<p>A CNN team saw about 200 opposition members at the square. Even though the number could grow, protest organizers said the turnout might be low because of a split in opposition ranks over demands.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters were waving Jordanian flags and chanting slogans for a new constitution and dissolving the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, loyalists and protesters clashed in a hail of rocks and swinging sticks, according to protest organizers and the government.<\/p>\n<p>At least 62 people and 58 security force members were injured, the country&#8217;s General Security Directorate said.<\/p>\n<p>One man died of a heart attack in Friday&#8217;s protests, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of days later, Jordan&#8217;s King Abdullah II made a call for national unity and reform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What matters to us in this stage is that our national unity must not be undermined,&#8221; the king said Sunday while visiting the southern region of Petra.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We are proceeding in earnest with the political reform process, and we have nothing to fear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.5405405405405\">\n<div readability=\"3.7692307692308\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.4869565217391\">\n<div readability=\"5.2347826086957\">\n<p>Follow CNN correspondents on the ground as they report on conflict in the Arab world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.8292682926829\">\n<div readability=\"5.6341463414634\">\n<p>Reza Sayah gets an exclusive interview with opposition military spokesman Colonel Ahmed Omar Bani.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.6102941176471\">\n<div readability=\"7.2132352941176\">\n<p>The past couple of weeks have proved that Libya is much more divided than the world feared, says one expert.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.32\">\n<div readability=\"5.04\">\n<p>Fear has been one of the biggest hurdles for those pushing for political change in Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.4646017699115\">\n<div readability=\"6.7256637168142\">\n<p>For full coverage in Arabic of events in North Africa and the Middle East, head to CNN Arabic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.208\">\n<div readability=\"6.696\">\n<p>Libya&#8217;s flamboyant leader, Moammar Gadhafi, has ruled the north African nation for 42 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"6.1046511627907\">\n<div readability=\"8.1395348837209\">\n<p>Peter Bergen says Anwar Al-Awlaki, an al Qaeda leader, disagrees that al Qaeda is a loser in the unrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"5.3475177304965\">\n<div readability=\"6.5815602836879\">\n<p>Are you in the Middle East or North Africa? 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