JORDAN: US embassy part-timer shot and injured

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

AMMAN, Apr 9 2003 (IPS) - An unknown assailant shot and slightly injured a US citizen working on a freelance basis with the US embassy in the Jordanian capital.

The US embassy spokesman here said the US citizen was slightly injured in his ear and noted that his life is not in danger.

Jordanian official sources said the US citizen was on picnic in front of a five-star hotel in Amman Mount area when an unknown assailant or a group of assailants shot at him.

The incident, which took place yesterday night, reflects the mounting anti-US feelings of anger on the part of the Jordanian people due to the war on Iraq.

The anti-war demonstrators marched throughout Jordan calling for the closure of the US and British embassies in Amman and expelling the US military stationed in Jordan.