Suicide Bombers Kill 23 at Jordan Hotels

AP via New York Post ^ | 9 NOVEMBER 2005 | JAMAL HALABY

[rdb3]

Nov 9, 4:20 PM EST

Suicide Bombers Kill 23 at Jordan Hotels

By JAMAL HALABY
Associated Press Writer

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Suicide bombers attacked three hotels frequented by Westerners in the Jordanian capital Wednesday night, and at least 23 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in the near-simultaneous explosions, police said.

Maj. Bashir al-Da'aja said officials believe all three blasts were carried out by suicide bombers. The explosions indicated the involvement of al-Qaida, which has launched coordinated attacks on high-profile, Western targets in the past, a police official said.

One explosion occurred in a wedding hall where 300 guests were celebrating.

The first blast was reported at about 8:50 p.m. at the luxury Grand Hyatt hotel, popular with tourists and diplomats, and completely shattered its stone entrance

[samtheman]

unemployed, disgruntled, no cars to burn, disadvantaged, disrespected, youth...

[conservativepoet]

FOX NEWS: It's now 53.

[silverleaf]

Unlike the French, King Abdullah and his security services will not be wringing their hands about what to do. I do not believe they investigate "torture" of suspects in any great detail....

[samtheman]

it's more of that youth thing...

[Cindy]

Updating this long thread here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518896/posts

[Westlander]

WW3

[armymarinedad]

U.S. officials believe al-Zarqawi and bin Laden operations chief Abu Zubaydah were chief organizers of a foiled plot to bomb the Radisson SAS. The attack was to take place during millennium celebrations, but Jordanian authorities stopped it in late 1999. Abu Zubaydah was captured in March 2002 in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in a raid by the CIA, FBI and Pakistani authorities. Al-Zarqawi remains at large.

This is important to remember why we are in Iraq in the first place.

[Peace will be here soon]

Live video of this bombing in Jordan, but very little live coverage of the rioting "youths" in France.

Who would have thought the media has more freedom to cover the news in Jordan than in France.

[oldfashionedvalues]

I can't even imagine walking down to the corner with my family for a burger and then everything around me is vaporized. How can all of these appeasers in this country and around the world not see where this all will lead if nothing is done? Makes me sick....
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[eureka!]

Yep. The f*ckers would be doing it in Des Moines, Sacramento, Biloxi, Boston etc. if they could. And they still might. Especially if the left gets in charge again...

[SunkenCiv]

Suicide Bombers Kill 57 at Jordan Hotels
By JAMAL HALABY, Associated Press Writer
Associated Press reporters Dale Gavlak and Shafika Mattar in Amman and Katherine Shrader in Washington contributed to this report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/jordan_explosion

"U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is on a trip in the Middle East, canceled a scheduled visit to Jordan because of the attacks."

Breaking Amman Jordan Explosions Fox
Fox | Nov. 9, 2005 | Fox
Posted on 11/09/2005 11:18:54 AM PST by Lizarde
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518896/posts

[Convert from ECUSA]

Can't have Kofi endangered, now can we! (sarcasm off)

He has to be around to lead the delegation to negotiate the unjust, imperialistic, and oppressive occupation of Frankarabia and Paristan by the French. (scarcasm off again)