At Least One American Among Dead in Jordan

AP ^ | November 10, 2005 | JAMAL HALABY

[jmc1969]

At least one American was among the 56 people killed in the Amman hotel bombings, a U.S. Embassy official said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with embassy rules, said Wednesday's triple bombings also wounded at least two Americans.

Hundreds of angry Jordanians rallied outside one of the three U.S.-based hotels that were attacked in succession by suicide bombers Wednesday night. The group al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the bombings.

In an Internet statement, al-Qaida in Iraq linked the blasts at the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the Days Inn hotels to the war in Iraq and called Amman the "backyard garden" for U.S. operations.

Protesters including women and children gathered outside a bombed hotels, shouting, "Death to al-Zarqawi, the villain and the traitor!" Drivers honked the horns of vehicles decorated with Jordanian flags and posters of the king. A helicopter hovered overhead.

"We sacrifice our lives for you, Amman!" the protesters chanted.

Iraqi government spokesman Laith Kubba said the attack should alert Jordan that it needed to stop hosting former members of Saddam Hussein's regime.

"I hope that these attacks will wake up the `Jordanian street' to end their sympathy with Saddam's remnants who exploit the freedom in this country to have a safe shelter to plot their criminal acts against Iraqis." He also said Iraqis may have had a hand in the attacks.

"The al-Qaida organization has become as a plague that affected Iraq and is now transmitted by the same rats to other countries. A lot of Iraqis, especially former intelligence and army officers, joined this criminal cell," Kubba said.

[jmc1969]

This is the ultimate example of why the left is wrong about the war. They want an immediate pullout of US troops to stop the death of Americans.

But, unlike Vietnam the death of Americans will not stop if the US cuts and runs, but only increase as Americans and European civilians will be targeted around the Middle East and around the globe.

[mtbopfuyn]

Prayers to his family but gotta say 1 out of 56 is hardly a coordinated attack on Americans.

[jmc1969]

You didn't get my point. It doesn't matter if it was one American or a hundred Americans, all that matters is we have an enemy deterimed to kill us, and losing in Iraq will mean other attacks on Americans around the world.

[tkathy]

IMO the brainwashed zombie butcher thing is spiraling out of control.

The demonic puppetmasters behind all this are losing their ability to control their useful idiots.