European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 10, 1993 world the stars and stripes Page 11 jordanian King gets lift .-.,. " ,. In parliamentary vote Amman Jordan a voters stripped Muslim fundamentalists opposed to King Hussein s Middle East peace plans of six parliamentary seats in the first multiparty election since 1956, according to official re turns released tuesday. Despite their waning popularity however Funda mentalists won enough seats to continue to form the largest single bloc in the 80-seat House. Final results gave the Muslim brotherhood and its extremist allies 10 scats Down from the 22 it had occupied in the 1989 polls Interior minister Salameh Hamniaz announced. Voters also sent a female to parliament for the first time electing Toujan Faisal a women s rights activist who clashed with fundamentalists Over islamic Law and her opposition to polygamy and Jordan s male dominated Sode to. Voters heeding the King s Appeal for support turned out in Large numbers to elect politicians and tribal Lead ers who will Back his peace moves. The parliament must ratify any future peace Accord with Israel. I Hope that we will see lawmakers who will be Able to carry out their duties because we All have to Bear the responsibilities in this sensitive time toward the future Hussein said. Voters responded by sending pro government conservatives and tribal leaders Loyal to the King to parliament in place of fundamentalists and some leftists who opposed him. The election believed the freest in the Arab world was seen As a reflection of Hussein s commitment to political openness. The King last year lifted a 1957 ban on political parties. An outbreak of Price riots forced elections in 1989, but those were on a no party basis. The Interior ministry said 68 percent of Jordan s 1.2 million voters cast ballots in an election without a galvanizing Issue and one that offered bewildering choices be tween 534 candidates most with Only Loose party affiliations and vague Campaign platforms. King Hussein Waves to the crowd in Amman on Mon Day the Day jordanians went to the polls for the first multiparty elections since 1956. Turnout was heaviest in Rural Jordan where bedouin tribesmen some firing their rifles skyward in Celebration crowded into polling stations to support local chieftains. None of the 20 diverse and ill defined parties had enough strength to win a majority in the election. Now the King must decide whether to appoint a new govern ment or retain prime minister Abdul Salam maj Ali who headed Jordan s delegation to peace talks with Israel for 18 months. Gunman wounds Arafat s top aide in South Lebanon Saida Lebanon a an assailant using a Silencer equipped pistol shot and wounded Plo chairman Yasser Arafat s top political aide in South Lebanon on tuesday police said. The attack on Zeid Wehbe Arafat s personal representative was the first against such a High ranking Plo loyalist in Lebanon since the sept. 13 landmark Accord Between Israel and the Palestine liberation organization. Police said the assailant pumped four bullets into Wehbe s neck arms and shoulders As the aide drove his Mercedes Benz from the House of his second wife in Saida site of ancient Sidon and the Provin Cial capital of South Lebanon. They said the gunman escaped in a waiting Bow. Wehbe 58, was taken to Saida s Hammoud hos Pital where doctors said he was in stable condition. Wehbe had been keeping a Low profile since the signing of the Plo israeli Accord which angered Radical palestinian guerrilla factions backed by Syria. He had made no Public appearance in Saida or its teeming refugee Camp of tin Al Hilweh. Close associates speaking anonymously said Wehbe had returned from a trip to North Lebanon shortly before the attack. A senior Plo Security officer speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity blamed the attack on the feud be tween the Arafat and Abu Nidal factions of the Plo. Hospital sources said Wehbe murmured it was those Abu Nidal rogues who did it As he was recovering from anaesthesia. Abu Nidal broke away from Arafat s Fatah fac Tion in 1973. Since then his group has been blamed for scores of assassinations and other terrorist acts around the world. Saturday 13 november 1000-1700 n. Savings on men a women s & children clothing and specially  Exchange like m charge in merchandise available West Ruislip United kingdom Only