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Post by steevo on Nov 19, 2005 21:35:07 GMT
Well I haven't seen any reporting from them? No question iits a major event. Anyway... AMMAN, Jordan -- At least 200,000 persons demonstrated yesterday against the recent bombings of three luxury hotels, while a new online statement attributed to terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi defended the attacks and threatened to cut off the head of Jordan's King Abdullah II.
An anti-terrorist demonstration of such size is unprecedented in the Arab world, where Zarqawi, his mentor, Osama bin Laden, and their al Qaeda organization have attained folk-hero status among Muslim masses.
"Zarqawi, from Amman, we say to you: 'You are a coward,' " protesters chanted while brandishing banners with the names of their tribes from every part of Jordan.
A similar protest in Jordan two days after the attacks on three hotels in the capital, which killed 59 persons, mustered several thousand people.
One attacker blew himself up at a wedding party in the ballroom of the Radisson SAS hotel. Seventeen relatives of the bride and groom died.
"More than 100,000 people took part in the demonstration which left the al-Husseini mosque and then moved towards Amman town hall," security forces spokesman Bashir al-Daajeh told Agence France-Presse.
"Their number increased as the demonstrators were approaching the town hall and then reached 250,000," he estimated.
The demonstrators marched along a mile and a half route before arriving at the town hall, where several asked the public to denounce "this savage terrorist crime" or to recite poems in praise of Jordan and the royal dynasty.
The civil groups that organized the protests said that no less than 200,000 people took part in the demonstration. www.washtimes.com/world/20051118-110234-2315r.htm |
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Post by Teddy Bear on Nov 19, 2005 22:03:30 GMT
To be fair to the BBC, and that's more than they do for the nation, they do actually mention this story. At least 100,000 people marched through Amman on Friday in the latest mass show of anger at the suicide attacks.
"Zarqawi, you coward, what brought you here?" shouted the marchers.
The two-hour march concluded with a rally in central Amman, where dignitaries and clergymen addressed the crowd, condemning Jordanian-born Zarqawi and his group.
Before the attacks, Zarqawi appeared to enjoy a certain sympathy in some sections of Jordanian opinion, the BBC's Jim Muir says.
But the death of so many Jordanian civilians seems to have eroded that sympathy very sharply, our correspondent says, and this broadcast seems to be aimed at regaining that lost ground. Where is it you ask. Well it's buried inside another story, and guess what the headline is? Zarqawi 'defends Jordan attacks' An audio message purportedly from the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, says the Jordan bombings were not meant to hit a Muslim wedding.
The voice in the tape defends the triple hotel bombings in Amman, saying the group had meant to target US and Israeli intelligence agents. This for the BBC is the main news. |
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Post by steevo on Nov 19, 2005 23:43:31 GMT
Silly me, I didn't think to read it. Thanks for the reassurrance Teddy  |
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Post by Teddy Bear on Nov 20, 2005 16:05:50 GMT
Bearing in mind that the fact that at least 200,000 Arab Muslims came out in protest against a militant Muslim Arab, which is really the first major stand ANY Muslim country has done against terrorism. Not only that, but also the family of this terrorist has totally renounced him, and have issued orders that he is to be killed if he would try to seek refuge among them. IN TODAY'S WORLD, THIS IS BIG NEWSWell, we've seen how the BBC covers the first part of this story, even downplaying it by saying 100,000 protestors, which still is a major number. So how do they cover the second part, and contrast it with the AP article. Notice the BBC doesn't even say in the headline that it's Zarqawis own family who spurns him. The BBC article Influential family spurns ZarqawiThe AP article Al-Zarqawi's Jordan family denounces himThe point is that many peace loving Muslims around the world are looking at how this news is received by the West. After all, haven't most of us been saying that Muslims have only been giving lip-service protests at previous terrorist acts? Now people of a nation have come out in a major demonstration against terror, and the (would-be) 'Voice of the Free World'  buries it inside another story where the terrorist quasi-apologises saying "his bombs were meant to kill US and Israeli intelligence officers". The way the BBC gives credit to this BS we'd have to think that the bombers mistook the wedding party was a US and Israeli intelligence convention. If I was a Muslim in one of these regimes wishing to show solidarity against terrorism, I wouldn't feel that the West cared one way or the other from the way the BBC has covered it. Steevo, I think you really made a scoop finding this original story - well done mate. |
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Post by mark on Nov 24, 2005 23:33:43 GMT
I just emailed friends about 200,000 Arab Muslims (demontrators) in Jordan seing the terrorists as they are: Criminal Bloodthirsty Thugs, vs BBC (and the like) that still can't see that?
What a world upside down.
Gee I would love these 200,000 staging it in front of the BBC office, with contained Police officers 'not to enrage the angry Arab Muslims...'.
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Post by mark on Nov 24, 2005 23:37:53 GMT
To be fair to the BBC, and that's more than they do for the nation, they do actually mention this story. At least 100,000 people marched through Amman on Friday in the latest mass show of anger at the suicide attacks.
"Zarqawi, you coward, what brought you here?" shouted the marchers.
The two-hour march concluded with a rally in central Amman, where dignitaries and clergymen addressed the crowd, condemning Jordanian-born Zarqawi and his group.
Before the attacks, Zarqawi appeared to enjoy a certain sympathy in some sections of Jordanian opinion, the BBC's Jim Muir says.
But the death of so many Jordanian civilians seems to have eroded that sympathy very sharply, our correspondent says, and this broadcast seems to be aimed at regaining that lost ground. Where is it you ask. Well it's buried inside another story, and guess what the headline is? Zarqawi 'defends Jordan attacks' An audio message purportedly from the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, says the Jordan bombings were not meant to hit a Muslim wedding.
The voice in the tape defends the triple hotel bombings in Amman, saying the group had meant to target US and Israeli intelligence agents. This for the BBC is the main news. While on it, it was too late of him to come up with that lame line, What/how many agents are there in all those Mosques his favorite targets --BTW-- in Iraq? See more at: lightonthings.blogspot.com |
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Post by steevo on Nov 25, 2005 1:37:01 GMT
Gee I would love these 200,000 staging it in front of the BBC office, with contained Police officers 'not to enrage the angry Arab Muslims...'. Yes Welcome Mark |
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buries it inside another story where the terrorist quasi-apologises saying "his bombs were meant to kill US and Israeli intelligence officers". The way the BBC gives credit to this BS we'd have to think that the bombers mistook the wedding party was a US and Israeli intelligence convention. If I was a Muslim in one of these regimes wishing to show solidarity against terrorism, I wouldn't feel that the West cared one way or the other from the way the BBC has covered it.