Many Jordanian businessmen and intellectuals, however, are increasingly concerned about their country's economic and political plight.

Her father was a very known and respected Jordanian businessman and the founder and president of the Royal Jordanian Airlines.

A Jordanian businessman and his accountant were indicted.

Alaa Aref Batayneh (born 1969) is a Jordanian businessman and politician.

Jordanian businessmen accepted Iraqi currency for payment, often in deals with the Iraqi Government, and squirreled it away.

Iraqi officials say they have no intention of compensating anyone else, even the Jordanian businessmen they traded with.

But Jordanian businessmen, who have lost tens of millions of dollars, say the move was akin to theft.

The surprise move brought financial ruin to many Jordanian businessmen and severe losses to Jordanian banks, which were left holding a worthless currency.

"Why are they doing this to us," said a Jordanian businessman here who refused to give his name.

Since April, a Jordanian businessman, a Kuwaiti truck driver, Turkish construction workers and Lebanese contract workers have been abducted or killed.