interesting article...a little over a year old but it still merits attention today...
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/...2002080802.html
here is an example of the reaction to it:
http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/cast/jordan.asp
the al-jazeera office has since be reopened but i think this is a fine example of king abdullah's "democracy" in jordan.
what you have in king abdullah is a lot of talk and nothing else...anyone can say a bunch of pretty words but few people can actually act on it.