U.S. diplomat shot and killed outside house in Jordan

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

AMMAN, Jordan -- An American diplomat was assassinated Monday in front of his house, gunned down by eight pistol shots in the first such targeted attack on a U.S. diplomat in decades. The killing appeared aimed at undermining a key ally increasingly under pressure as Washington prepares for a showdown with Iraq.

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