AMMAN, Jordan — More than 1,000 pro-democracy demonstrators set up a tent camp in the center of Amman, the Jordanian capital, on Thursday in conscious imitation of Tahrir Square in Cairo, saying they would stay until they saw real change.
The group, which has taken the name “March 24th Movement” after the date they began camping out, says it wants an end to corruption and autocracy as well as an increase in economic equality. Scores of young adults had “24” scrawled in marker on their faces to indicate their affiliation with the movement, which many learned of on the Internet.
Not far away were several dozen counterdemonstrators holding pictures of King Abdullah II and chanting, “We sacrifice our blood and soul for you, O King Abdullah.”
Police kept the counterdemonstrators from interfering with the “24” protesters.
Denver Post wire services
