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Jordan s King Abdullah is challenged by the former crown prince, his half-brother, Hamzah.
As Nick Schifrin tells us, there are long-simmering reasons for the confrontation.
Nick Schifrin:
Prince Hamzah:
Nick Schifrin:
Prince Hamzah:
Their well-being has been put second by a ruling system that has decided that its personal interests, that its financial interests, that its corruption is more important than the lives and dignity and futures of the 10 million people that live here.
Nick Schifrin:
Jordanian authorities placed Hamzah under house arrest for what they labeled an attempt to unseat his half-brother, King Abdullah. They arrested nearly 20 other people for collaboration, including former finance minister, Bassem Awadallah. in what Jordan s foreign minister called a foreign-backed plot.