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Jordan has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks against the US on September 11th and has expressed its support for the US military action that followed. Jordan also urged the US to limit the threat posed by such military action on innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Jordan also noted that any military action against terrorism should not be used to target Arab states.

Jordan also stressed the importance of treating the sources of extremism and radicalism throughout the region and fostering understanding and mutual respect between different cultures. Jordan was the first and only Arab country to be involved in multinational effort in Afghanistan. The Jordanian army has deployed a field hospital in Kandahar and its doctors have treated thousands of civilians in the war-ravaged country.

Jordan will continue to fight terrorism and its perpetrators with all possible means. Security and stability are the country's top priority and no terrorist individual or organization will be tolerated. Jordan stresses the need to confront all ill motivated attempts aiming at connecting Islam with terrorism, and at holding Arabs and Muslims responsible for terror attacks or for any other form of international terrorism In this regard, Jordan maintains that terrorism is a global phenomenon and that its causes and motivations are religiously and culturally neutral.

Jordan has taken concrete steps in fighting terrorism at the national legislative level, practical security measures, and international conventions and treaties on combating terrorism.

• Letter of HM King Abdullah to President Bush
• Letter of HE Abdel Khatib to Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Embassy of Jordan strongly condemns heinous attacks against U.S.
• On CNN Chat: Jordanian anti-terrorism and the al Qaeda manuals 

On April 5, 2010, during an interview by Wall Street Journal, His Majesty King Abdullah II stressed that "Jordan is playing a more vital role in stability building in Afghanistan as a Muslim nation reaching out to help the development of another Muslim nation." [see full transcript]

His Majesty also added that "this is something we are trying to negotiate with the Afghan government: How do we support the Afghans in transforming their lives. There has been interest from the European Union and the US to bring Afghan police and soldiers to be trained here. We have excellent facilities and we've had tremendous experience doing it with Palestinians and Iraqis."  [see full transcript]

On March 25, 2010, during an interview by chief editors of The Jordan Times, Al Rai, Ad Dustour, Al Arab Al Yawm and Al Ghad, His Majesty reiterated that Jordan will "protect our citizens and ensure our security against any terrorist acts by any side. We all remember the heinous crimes that were committed by terrorists against innocent civilians in Amman on November 9, 2005 when we lost 60 people and more than 100 were injured. Jordan has been the target of terrorism for years and even before the hotel attacks. And I have said that we will protect our country and will not wait for the terrorists to come to us and to kill our children. But we will hunt down every one who plans to attack our country and our people wherever they may be. I am proud of our security forces and of their efforts to protect the country against terror. Terrorism is the enemy of Jordan and the Arabs and humanity and primarily the enemy of our religion that is innocent of all the crimes committed by terrorists and that are alien to our faith and its message of tolerance."

His Majesty also stressed that "It is our duty to protect our religion from attempts to distort its image, and as you know Jordan has worked throughout the past years to fight terror ideologically and culturally through many initiatives including the Amman Message that you have mentioned and that was launched in 2004 to outline the great values of Islam. There is also “A Common Word” that was launched in Jordan to bring the followers of monotheistic religions closer. We will continue to fight the terrorist ideology through presenting the true image of our religion and its values and you as media have a major role in fighting terror and exposing it and guarding society against it. Frankly, you should make a bigger effort to confront attempts by terrorists to mislead youth and to distort the image of our faith and just causes." [see full transcript]