WAR: Three Hotels Bombed in Amman, Jordan

Hotel Bombings: Early Evidence Indicates State Terror

The LA Times and Haaretz both reported that Israelis were evacuated from the Radisson hotel before the blasts occurred.

Amos N. Guiora, a former senior Israeli Defense Force official, told the Tehran Times that his sources also warned him of the imminent attack. He was quoted as saying, "It means there was excellent intelligence that this thing was going to happen."


One of the apparent suicide bombers was known to have been in US custody in November 2004.

Safaa Mohammed Ali was released in Fallujah after it was determined he didn't pose a threat.


Original Reuters reports state that the bombs were placed in false ceilings. The story then later changed after the Iraqi patsy women was paraded on worldwide television, bombs freshly re-strapped to her chest, and used as a link to justify a continued presence in Iraq.


Al-Zarqawi's website claim of responsibility came as no surprise. The tooth fairy could get on an Internet message board and claim responsibility, anyone could. Such claims are taken with a pinch of salt in light of previous examples of outright hoaxes.


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