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YAHOO! NEWS(AP): "JORDAN OFFICIAL: U.S. DIPLOMAT KILLED" (ARTICLE NOTE: The diplomat who was gunned down has been identified as Lawrence Foley.) (102802)

U.S. EMBASSY - Amman, Jordan (online)

US STATE DEPARTMENT: "JORDAN Consular Information Sheet"

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US citizen assassinated in Jordan: Minister
Agence France-Presse
Amman, October 28

A US embassy employee was "assassinated" on Monday by a gunman in the Jordanian capital, Jordanian Information Minister Mohammad Adwan told AFP.

"The American citizen has been identified as Lawrence Foley, an employee of USAID," the United States Agency for International Development, Adwan said.

"An unidentified gunman fired at him, killing him on the spot as he prepared to leave his home (in western Amman) early this morning to go to work," the minister added.

Describing it as a "criminal and treacherous assassination", Adwan said the killing "regardless of its motives is an attack against Jordan and its national security".

He said that the authorities had immediately launched an investigation, and pledged that the perpetrator "will get his fair punishment".


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