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It's WAY past time to start killing ragheads wholesale.

/yawn

Simply put, these terrorists know that we as a country are unable to fight their kind of battle.

Six months from now people will be saying the same thing, on "how it is high time we do something".

Ask yourself the question. "Do What??"

We damn near near a friggin act of congress to tie our own damn shoes!

U.S. diplomat killed in Jordan
Monday, October 28, 2002 Posted: 5:23 AM EST (1023 GMT)

AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- An American diplomat has been shot dead by an unknown assailant near his home in Amman, Jordan's information minister has said.

Mohammed al-Adwan told CNN the diplomat, who worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, was shot several times as 7.30 a.m. (0530 GMT) on Monday as he was leaving to go to the embassy. "Unfortunately he died immediately."

The unknown assailant, who had his face covered, escaped after the attack, which was witnessed by the victim's wife, the minister said.

"I believe the wife of the diplomat informed the authorities," al-Adwan said. "Unfortunately, she is under shock right now. Authorities have not been able to talk to her in detail about this."

No information was immediately available from the U.S. Embassy in Amman. In Washington, a State Department spokesperson told Reuters a duty officer had been briefed on the killing but would not comment for several hours.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States, according to its Web site.

"Amman is usually a very secure city," al-Adwan said. "We give priority to all diplomatic missions, especially the United States mission in Jordan.

"We are fairly certain that we will catch the perpetrators and will [bring] them to justice," he said.

Al-Adwan said he did not know if the attack was a terrorist incident, telling The Associated Press: "I do not want to speculate."

Jordan is a major Middle Eastern ally of the United States, supporting Washington's policies in the region.

Security is tight in Jordan but Reuters reported that Israelis have often been attacked in the capital and along the country's border with Israel, with which Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994.