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Filmmaker's daughter dies in Jordan blasts
United Press International ^ | 11/10/2005

Posted on 11/10/2005 10:35:34 AM PST by F14 Pilot

AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A daughter of a prominent Syrian filmmaker was among those killed in Wednesday's triple bomb attacks in Jordanian hotels, officials said Thursday.

Medical and government officials confirmed that Rima Akkad, 33, died of her injuries late Wednesday.

Her father, renown international filmmaker Mustafa Akkad, was seriously injured in the neck, but was reported in stable condition.

The two were at the Hyatt Hotel in Amman when a bomb ripped through the lobby as two other explosions rocked the nearby Radisson SAS Hotel and the 3-star Days Inn Hotel.

Akkad directed the 1977 "The Message" on the life of Prophet Mohammad, which starred Anthony Quinn and Lauren Papas.

He is known for his film, "Omar al-Mukhtar, Lion of the Desert," about a Libyan leader who fought the Italian occupation of the north African Arab country.

He is also responsible for the horror Halloween blockbuster movies.

Sources close to Akkad, 68, said he and his daughter were in Jordan to attend a wedding celebration in the Red Sea resort city of Aqaba on Friday.

They said his daughter had just arrived from Beirut to meet him and were in the lobby when the explosion detonated.

Officials said at least 57 people, mostly Jordanians, were killed in the triple attack, and more than 100 others were injured.

Medical and government officials said foreign casualties also included Iraqis, Palestinians, Bahrainis, Saudis, Americans, Swiss, Germans, Indonesians, Chinese, Koreans, and one Israeli Arab.

Security officials suspected al-Qaida affiliated suicide attackers carried out the explosions, the first of their kind in the high-security Arab kingdom.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: akkad; alqaeda; arabic; film; gwot; islam; jordan; muhammed; terrorism
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To: discostu
There comes a time when the books are drained. Bacon and Emerson mentioned that. Same for movies. When that time comes, it is time to put some things together for oneself. But, genius has two aspects: one is the idea or insight, the other is publishing it. Who knows, the publication may last and serve as inspiration for others for a week or for a couple, three millenia.

It's what we do, what distinguishes us from other living creatures, squirrels, trees. Men we call ourselves. Men, the word, is from Latin mentis, thinking, from Indo-European mens-, to think. Who knows what good it is, but we do it anyway, and the books and movies are only a running start.

61 posted on 11/10/2005 2:15:27 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: conserv13

Yes, and the more "diverse" the victims of AL Qaeda are,
(and the more Muslims they include)the easier it will be to get a worldwide majority subscribing to the effort the stamp the out COMPLETELY.Unfortunately, there will ALSO and ALWAYS be a residual backlash against the West, and the USA specifically, for reacting as they did, and bringing everything finally to "a head". I don't know if there was any choice.


62 posted on 11/10/2005 3:28:59 PM PST by willyboyishere ("When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest".....)
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To: discostu

I have 2 DVD players that I bought in 1999 and 2000. I paid just over $500 for each. They both still work.


63 posted on 11/10/2005 3:39:31 PM PST by I Drive Too Fast
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To: Question_Assumptions

The sound track of that movie was good!


64 posted on 11/10/2005 3:54:12 PM PST by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: jimbo123
"... as well as two "Islam is Peace" propaganda pieces."

Now he gets to bury what's left of his daughter, killed by that very same 'religion of peace'.

65 posted on 11/11/2005 5:13:40 AM PST by pigsmith
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To: pigsmith
Now he gets to bury what's left of his daughter, killed by that very same 'religion of peace'.

That will be hard to do since he died from his injuries too.

66 posted on 11/11/2005 8:57:53 AM PST by I Drive Too Fast
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To: F14 Pilot

Mustafa Akkad died today:

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15007


67 posted on 11/11/2005 10:19:16 AM PST by Howlin
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