[E Rocc]

We noticed a big change in Amman hotels right after that. Now, before we check in, we have to stand out in the parking lot while our luggage is X-rayed and we have to walk through metal detectors. Quite a way from the hotel entrance.

This totally fits the pattern of Al Qaeda. They hit two types of targets:

1) Places in the non-Muslim world where a lot of Muslims live. (NYC, DC, Madrid, London)

2) Places in the Islamic world where a lot of non-Muslims visit. (Bali, Iraq, Amman, Egyptian resorts).

They couldn't possibly be trying to increase distrust between Muslims and non-Muslims, could they?

-Eric

[Yaelle]

This totally fits the pattern of Al Qaeda. They hit two types of targets:

1) Places in the non-Muslim world where a lot of Muslims live. (NYC, DC, Madrid, London)

2) Places in the Islamic world where a lot of non-Muslims visit. (Bali, Iraq, Amman, Egyptian resorts).

This is Criminal Studies 101. They go where they CAN go. Serial killers go after prostitutes because they are on the streets in the dark, wee hours. Islamist killers go where they can pass for normal citizens, where there is a healthy Muslim population.

[Allegra]

They couldn't possibly be trying to increase distrust between Muslims and non-Muslims, could they?

Going by some of the ignorant comments I see occasionally on here, I believe they're having some success. ;-)