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  • Jordan rounds up 120 in bombing investigation (Halloween Producer Mustapha Akkad has died)

    11/11/2005 5:01:14 AM PST · by CurlyBill · 9 replies · 1,089+ views
    Globe & Mail (AP) ^ | November 11, 2005 | Paul Garwood
    Amman, Jordan — Jordanian police said Friday they had rounded up 120 people, mainly Iraqis and Jordanians, in a nationwide hunt for those behind the triple Amman hotel bombings. The toll rose to at least 60 on Friday with the death of Syrian-American filmmaker Mustapha Akkad, whose 34-year-old daughter was also killed in the bombings. Mr. Akkad, who was 75 and lived in Los Angeles, had suffered serious injuries and a heart attack in the attack. He was the producer of the Halloween horror movies. The death toll included the three suicide bombers. Al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by Jordanian-born Abu...