Posted on 11/10/2005 5:45:25 PM PST by saquin
I know. That's what really got to me, too. That man just seems to be bursting with happiness and pride. To think that happy moment was shattered only moments later... Very sad. And infuriating, too.
This is one of the most awful things I've heard. So much for targeting Americans. This bomber went in with this crowd because he knew he could blend in. He KNEW he was killing Jordainians. Some day the muslims have to wake up to the fact that they are not safe. I hope these protests against Zarquari produce some results. Like his demise and a growing LACK of support for al-Queda, who claimed responsibility for this. They've got to come to the realization that they are not safe just because they are muslim.
That would be a father's love. I wonder if they somehow caught wind of something just before the blast. We'll never know.
I read in a thread earlier that they suspect the bomb was in the ceiling of the ballroom. If so it sure sounds like you are right!
Bastards....it's all you can say. I just keep imagining something like that happening at a wedding here....god, those two, now every anniversery is going to be a reminder of this. Somebody ought to do something to try to bring some good out of all this mayhem. Something so those damn killers don't win.
What unspeakable, heartless bastards those terrorists are! I'm astonished that there's still anyone in the world who thinks we can deal with al Qaeda by appeasing them or "dialoging" with them.
Ok, who the hell did these two ask to have this happen? And these terrorists? Do they really care if you're for or against the war? No, they don't. See my little liberals...this is how terrorism works, they kill and spread terror and wait for us to imitate the Spanish electorate.
Guess what, how much do you think they would like to do the same over here? How long before it does? They busted a cell in Australia, and another possible plot against the White House was busted up in Bosnia today. Now whatever you think of the current occupant, do you really want to see the White House in flames?
We have a war to win, to win for daughters, sons, fathers, mothers, brides and grooms, wives and husbands. The whining needs to stop and we need to show the enemy some cold steel. Politics need to stop and people need to shut up for the duration. Don't like it? Tough. War is a nasty business. And it's not going to get any nicer. And we need to be smarter, meaner and luckier than them, and not contemplating our f$#%^#@g navels like Star Trek.
Something should be done for this couple, who are now, for the rest of their lives, going to remember their wedding day as one of pain, fire and sorrow. But I think the best thing we can do is to relegate Al-Queda and it's partner in crime, Islamic Fundamentalism as a whole to the same asheap as the NDSAP, the CSA and the city-state of Carthage. War is sometimes a remedy the enemy chooses, he chose it on September 11th. I say give him the full measure.
As for those who want to make distinctions between Afghanistan and Iraq, here is a point you cannot deny. Saddam had links to these groups and certainly trained them, if not directly supported the 9/11 plot. Google "Salman Pak". Also, he broke the 1991 cease-fire. He fired on our aircraft patrolling the no-fly zone. He kicked out the inspectors in 1998. Those two reasons alone are enough to justify our actions.
So don't weep for the terrorists, and don't weep for Saddam. Weep for Asharaf and Nadia. They deserved better. And to quote a lot of Jordanians tonight "Mossawi, burn in hell".
All I can think is what goes around comes around.
PALESTINIAN murderers targeted a Bat Mitzvah a few years ago. PALESTINIAN murderers have been targeting innocents for at least a generation.
Maybe this will wake some Arabs up to their sick society. But I doubt it.
I don't remember ever reading such a tear jerking piece written about Israelis murdered. Certainly not in Arab press.
This is so sad. These people were so happy.
I can't help thinking of the times our troops were falsely accused of bombing "weddings", and here they have gone and done exactly that.
I wonder how many of them will see through the terrorists now.
Becki
I'd settle for knowing whether the groom didn't get a scratch or was seriously injured and taken to the hospital.
What a sad story. Prayers foro their them and the families of those who died.
I think the picture got the name wrong. In the body of the story, Ashraf D'as is the groom, and it was his father who was seriously injured, and later died. The groom was saying that he had to go and bury his father. He couldn't have done that being seriously injured in the hospital.
The groom, Ashraf al-Akhras, suffered serious injuries and was rushed to an Amman hospital.
Im not usually sentimental, but this brings tears to my eyes. Their wedding anniversary will forever be a source of pain and not joy.
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