[Calpernia]

Thousands of Arabs, outraged by the Muslim-vs.-Muslim bombings in Jordan, angrily rallied against al Qaeda yesterday as investigators arrested Iraqi suspects. "Burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!" Jordanians chanted outside one of the hotels blasted by alleged supporters of al Qaeda's Iraqi chief.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Cap Huff]

There are more and more indicators that Z shot himself in the foot (more accurately, his network of terrorists over reached, and seriously hurt themselves). The Australian link here suggests that the second communique put out on the internet yesterday was tacit acknowledgement that they know they blew it big time:

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17214591%255E663,00.html

"After first claiming responsibility for attacks on three hotels popular with Israelis and Westerners, al-Qaida in Iraq -- led by Jordanian-born militant Zarqawi -- later issued a second internet statement that appeared to acknowledge its tactics might have backfired and undermined any support the group enjoyed among the Jordanian population."