Jordan attack indicates spread of Iraq violence

[norml]

Saturday, November 12, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 AM

Jordan attack indicates spread of Iraq violence
By Ashraf Khalil and Josh Meyer

Los Angeles Times


MARCO DI LAURO / GETTY IMAGES

Jordanians hold candles during a night vigil at the entrance of the Radisson SAS hotel for victims of Wednesday's suicide attacks that killed at least 57 people and injured hundreds in Amman, Jordan.


AMMAN, Jordan — Islamic militants in Iraq asserted Friday that the deadly coordinated suicide bombings at hotels here this week were carried out by four Iraqis — including a husband-and-wife team — raising new concerns that violence in Iraq is spreading beyond that nation's borders.

An Internet posting in the name of al-Qaida in Iraq made the latest claim of responsibility for the bombings that killed 57 people Wednesday at three Western chain hotels.

It was believed to be the first time a married couple has carried out a suicide attack. The couple bombed the Days Inn after the woman "chose to accompany her husband to his martyrdom," the statement said.

Jordanian officials have found the remains of three males believed to be the attackers but could not confirm a woman was involved. Police were scouring footage from hotel security cameras, and forensic experts were analyzing the severed head of a woman discovered at one hotel.


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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002619797_bombers12.html

[TheGunslinger]

1. The media is doing it again. Falling for the "Al Qaeda in Iraq" bullshit

heartbreaking to see the media continuing to be the lapdogs for propaganda.

[norml]

2. It probably was Al Qaeda. The point is that they have been empowered

rather than weakened, and that the region is destabilizing.

[TheGunslinger]

3. IMO, there's an equal chance it was Negroponte-style attacks.

There was an article I read last night that reported three Iraqi oil ministers were killed in the attacks in Amman. That tells me something. Why were three Iraqi oil ministers in Amman to begin with? What was going on? Were they the actual targets; news of which would be covered up in the chaos of the bombings?

[Sweet Pea]

4. You mean

the region was stable before?

Edited to say addressed to root post.

[norml]

5. There is no stable or not stable. There is more stable and less stable.

Are things more stable or less stable?

Your question reminds me of the infantile arguments of the right wing media whores.

They try to get away with framing every issue with false choices as either/or arguments.

[daleo]

6. Has there been any supporting evidence for these claims?

The husband and wife team for example? I haven't heard anything.