Jordan protests denounce al-Qaida

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[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Hundreds of Jordanians have taken part in street protests denouncing terrorism in the wake of Wednesday's triple hotel bombings in the capital Amman.[/font]



Chants such as "Burn in hell, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi" were heard from the demonstrators, referring to claims the leader of the al-Qaida in group to have carried out the attacks.

"We sacrifice our lives for you Amman," chanted the protesters at one demonstration, near one of three hotels hit by Wednesday evening's explosions.

Officials said 56 people, mainly Jordanians, were killed in the attacks on Amman's Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the Days Inn.

"Death to al-Zarqawi, the villain and the traitor," shouted the angry crowd comprising Jordanians of all backgrounds, including women and children.

Drivers of vehicles decorated with the colourful Jordanian flags and posters of Jordan's King Abdullah II honked their horns.

Protests nationwide

Other rallies were held across the kingdom, including one in the Red Sea port of Aqaba, where attackers using Katyusha rockets narrowly missed a US ship and killed a Jordanian soldier in August.

Others were in al-Zarqawi's hometown of Zarqa and the southern city of Maan which is known to be a hub of Muslim fundamentalists.

The Amman protest was organised by Jordan's 14 professional and trade unions, made up of both hardline Islamic groups and leftist political organisations, traditionally a vocal critic of King Abdullah's moderate and pro-western policies.

"We're here to demonstrate our support of our government and express our love to our country and condemn in the strongest terms the heinous crime committed against Jordan by a group of terrorists," said Abdul-Fatah Kilani, president of the veterinary union.

Businessman Mohammed Daoud Mheirat said: "This rotten group and those killers have nothing to do with our religion."

The streets of the capital appeared deserted early on Thursday, which was declared a day of mourning.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/01B6B2DA-875B-4665-A091-57B52A18333B.htm

Carrying signs “No to terror” and “Jordanians will not give into terror,” citizens are observing a state-proclaimed day of mourning. The attacks left over 65 dead including an Israeli businessman in addition to over 200 others being injured.
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http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=92762
 
That's quite interesting. Could this mean that the anti-terror movement is making *gasp* progress?
 
[quote name='Mike23']That's quite interesting. Could this mean that the anti-terror movement is making *gasp* progress?[/QUOTE]


It means that most muslims denounce terrorism, yet we fail to harness that due to our actions and policies. The fact that our president won't even ban torture, despite widespread reports of it, doesn't help either.

We make it a choice between the lesser of two evils, with many refusing to support either.
 
this is obviously fake because all muslims everywhere support a life of violence. I know I read it on repub4life.net. Apparently anyone who is muslims carries 2 exploding devices at all times with them and hates america.
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']It means that most muslims denounce terrorism, yet we fail to harness that due to our actions and policies. The fact that our president won't even ban torture, despite widespread reports of it, doesn't help either.

We make it a choice between the lesser of two evils, with many refusing to support either.[/QUOTE]

I think you put this with more 'niceness' than the topic really deserves: the vast majority of Muslims DO dislike terrorism and violence, and want to live in peace as much as we (Americans) do (well, most of us...) When the US military is frying children to death with clouds of white phosphorus because there might, maybe, possibly be a Bad Guy somewhere in the area, US interrogators are shoving light bulbs up people's butts, and the CIA has secret prisons full of unknown numbers of people who have may or may not have committed unknown potential crimes, all while our leaders go around calling the Geneva Conventions 'quaint'... Well, sometimes you need to stand up and fight for what's right no matter how much you want peace, and I think a depressingly large number of insurgents in Iraq fit into this category.

We may not have started this war (though even that claim is debatable, what with all the shit we did in the Middle East during the Reagan administration...), but without a doubt we've elevated the conflict.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']this is obviously fake because all muslims everywhere support a life of violence. I know I read it on repub4life.net. Apparently anyone who is muslims carries 2 exploding devices at all times with them and hates america.[/QUOTE]

Please everyone knows all muslims use C18 so they only need 1 exploding device, get with the time.... I mean really.:roll:
 
You know there's a big difference between the reality drocket sees and the reality that exists in the world.

How drocket sees himself is quite different from how the world really sees him.
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Pssst, hey drocket.... don't worry. We'll still think you're pretty!
 
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