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Uneasy lies the head
The arrest of a popular prince sends a chilling message to a frustrated public
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EVERY ROYAL family is unhappy in its own way. Jordan’s is no exception. There were sharp disagreements between King Hussein and Crown Prince Hassan, the brotherly duo who ruled the desert kingdom for decades. Weeks before his death in 1999, the ailing king abruptly flew back from an American hospital to remove his brother from the line of succession and make his son, Abdullah, the heir apparent. But the Hashemites are usually disciplined about showing a united front in public: Prince Hassan accepted his defenestration in silence.