http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9979747/
Angry Jordanians to al-Zarqawi: ‘Burn in hell’
As protesters in Jordan and elsewhere in the Arab world denounced the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, security forces snared a group of Iraqis for questioning and officials said one of the bombers spoke Iraqi-accented Arabic before he exploded his suicide belt in the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
The main demonstration in Amman lasted for more than an hour. But honking vehicles decorated with Jordanian flags and posters of King Abdullah II cruised Amman’s streets until late in the night. Passengers chanted “Death to al-Zarqawi, the villain and the traitor!” and anti-terrorism slogans.
About 50 people, including Jordanian children holding tiny flags, placed candles on a makeshift sand memorial in the driveway of the Hyatt.
King Abdullah II, a strong U.S. ally, vowed in a nationally televised address to “pursue those criminals and those behind them, and we will get to them wherever they are.”
Two Americans were killed and four were wounded in the bombings Wednesday evening at the Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the Days Inn, State Department spokesman Noel Clay said. Two of the wounded were hospitalized.
[/b]The victims also included some two dozen Palestinians with roots in the West Bank. Among them were the West Bank’s intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Bashir Nafeh, a diplomat and a prominent banker. Many Jordanians and Palestinians have supported the Iraqi insurgency, but the hotel bombings could tip Arab sentiment against al-Zarqawi.
How ironic that suicide bombers should claim the life of a Palestinian Intelligence Chief.
The story also goes that one of the suicide bombers walked past the lobby of the hotel where many Americans were to blow up the Jordanian wedding party instead.
Like Iraq, this just confirms they hate their own more than they hate the West - and maybe the Arab masses will finally start to wake up.
Angry Jordanians to al-Zarqawi: ‘Burn in hell’
As protesters in Jordan and elsewhere in the Arab world denounced the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, security forces snared a group of Iraqis for questioning and officials said one of the bombers spoke Iraqi-accented Arabic before he exploded his suicide belt in the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
The main demonstration in Amman lasted for more than an hour. But honking vehicles decorated with Jordanian flags and posters of King Abdullah II cruised Amman’s streets until late in the night. Passengers chanted “Death to al-Zarqawi, the villain and the traitor!” and anti-terrorism slogans.
About 50 people, including Jordanian children holding tiny flags, placed candles on a makeshift sand memorial in the driveway of the Hyatt.
King Abdullah II, a strong U.S. ally, vowed in a nationally televised address to “pursue those criminals and those behind them, and we will get to them wherever they are.”
Two Americans were killed and four were wounded in the bombings Wednesday evening at the Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the Days Inn, State Department spokesman Noel Clay said. Two of the wounded were hospitalized.
[/b]The victims also included some two dozen Palestinians with roots in the West Bank. Among them were the West Bank’s intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Bashir Nafeh, a diplomat and a prominent banker. Many Jordanians and Palestinians have supported the Iraqi insurgency, but the hotel bombings could tip Arab sentiment against al-Zarqawi.
How ironic that suicide bombers should claim the life of a Palestinian Intelligence Chief.
The story also goes that one of the suicide bombers walked past the lobby of the hotel where many Americans were to blow up the Jordanian wedding party instead.
Like Iraq, this just confirms they hate their own more than they hate the West - and maybe the Arab masses will finally start to wake up.
