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Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody

By Jeralyn, Section War on Terror
Posted on Sun Nov 13, 2005 at 08:03:33 AM EST
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A woman has been arrested in the Jordan bombings. She will confess on Jordanian tv this afternoon. She was to be one of the four bombers but her equipment didn't work and her husband and co-bomber scuttled her out of the hotel ballroom right before he blew himself up, taking with him many of the wedding guests.

The woman's brother was al Zarqawi's right hand man in the Anbar province of Iraq who was killed last year.

More details here.

Update: She was just on tv confessing. She didn't say her husband pushed her out of the way, only that his belt went off and her's didn't so she fled with the others in the ballroom.

All of the bombers were Iraqi. The Jordanian Government is going out of its way to reassure the Iraqis in Jordan that they are still welcome there.

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    Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody | 24 comments (24 topical)
    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#1)
    by Dadler on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:03 PM EST
    Good to know Iraq's now importing terrorists. What a job we've done of stabilizing and freeing the place.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#2)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:04 PM EST
    i see the potential for a "blood" feud here. the members of that wedding party were mostly from two families, that will want revenge. now that they know the names of the bombers, what's to stop them from going after their families in iraq? um, well, nothing. zaqwai (sp) is coming off more and more like a street thug, as opposed to a man on a godly mission. it's ok to maim and kill westerners & israelis, but when you start doing that to the home folks.............

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#3)
    by Dadler on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:04 PM EST
    cpniva, all the more reason not to play the terrorists' game by murdering and bombing and throwing nations into worse chaos than before. if we can't win hearts and minds better than al qeada, well, that says a lot about us and our miserable strategy and our inability use our imaginations (that thing which freedom is supposed to unleash exponentially).

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#4)
    by Pete Guither on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:04 PM EST
    2001 New York: Percentage of al qaeda attackers from Iraq: 0 ergo: We attack Iraq 2005 Jordan: Percentage of al qaeda attackers from Iraq: 100 So nice to see our progress in making the world safer.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#5)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:04 PM EST
    dadler, you'll get no argument from me. i was opposed to the iraq "adventure" right from the start. it was only colin powell's speech to the u.n. that even partially convinced me. fooled me, and apparently him as well. this jordan bombing could actually turn out to be a good thing, for both us and the iraqis. terrorists and insurgents can't survive when the natives don't support them. when you start offing the natives, for no particularly good reason, they tend to get, understandably, a tad upset. sorry just won't cut it. now, they've pissed off a whole new crew, that wasn't involved before. for no good reason, other than that they could. what we have to do is use that, to our advantage. let's see if the morons in charge can take advantage of this opportunity, instead of squandering it, like they have so many others. you have to be a bit machiavellian. i don't think they're good enough at it.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:05 PM EST
    Jeez.... Do you think the people of Jordan will coddle her & give her access to their legal system? .... And will the 'free thinking' (left) people of Jordan yell and scream at the government if they look at her the wrong way? Will the people of Jordan call their govenment evil & racist if they do decide to treat her as an enemy? Or...will the people of Jordan stick together as one, (it looks like they are not happy about this one bit) get to the bottom of this and bring ALL the people responsible to justice, no matter where they are hiding? Anyone????

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#7)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:05 PM EST
    bb-do us all a favor and move to your ideal country Jordan, or better yet go to Iraq as you are needed to relieve the GI's who understand that Bush is liar. We do not need the likes of you and the other 32% of Americans to help Bush turn America into a dictatorship. Bet you are a fan of Graham's amendment to eliminate Habeas Corpus. Go get those terrorists, you are not needed here.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:05 PM EST
    squeaky... I just asked a question ...and so typical of the libs...don't answer it... just fling insults... you are needed to relieve the GI's who understand that Bush is liar If Bush is...then so are all your Dem leaders that you think are so great! They all saw the same info and came to the same conclusions! But that's ok... you just continue to live in your own niave little world with your head in the sand.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#9)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:05 PM EST
    bb-RNC talking points propping you up again. You must be comfotable with being a liar as this is patently false:
    They all saw the same info and came to the same conclusions!
    Bush is a liar and so are you. BTW- you sound so cute when you whine and complain about your rhetorical questions not being taken seriously.
    I just asked a question ...
    Gee whiz is there someone in the room with their hand up...no they are just flying the bird. Hats off to sincerity. Bush is a liar

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#10)
    by kdog on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:05 PM EST
    Do you think the people of Jordan will coddle her & give her access to their legal system?
    I hope so. Even the most heinous criminals have the right to a trial. We give American mass murderers trials all the time. Manson, McVeigh, the first WTC bombing guys. It's the best way to determine their guilt or innocence. Presidential decrees don't do it for me, I prefer trial by jury of peers.
    And will the 'free thinking' (left) people of Jordan yell and scream at the government if they look at her the wrong way?
    I hope they yell and scream for justice...like I do here. Justice for the victims, justice for the accused.
    Will the people of Jordan call their govenment evil & racist if they do decide to treat her as an enemy?
    I hope they hold their govt. to standards of basic human rights and grant this woman a trial and a lawyer. Then I hope they convict her and sentence her to life in prison, absent torture.
    ...will the people of Jordan stick together as one, (it looks like they are not happy about this one bit) get to the bottom of this and bring ALL the people responsible to justice, no matter where they are hiding?
    I hope so, as long as they do it within the confines of the law.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#11)
    by roger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:05 PM EST
    BB, The secret police pretty much run Jordan. There will only be a trial if it creates good PR. That will depend on the Defendant. She may help out in return for a non-death sentence.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#12)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:06 PM EST
    roger-That is what bb wants for the US, he is fully aware of Jordan's 'system. Of course he fancies himself a royal like Bushco and therefore would never suffer from the iron hand of 'the law'. His comments reflect, as I am sure you know, the RNC line that Democrats want to use therapy on terrorists. As much as this is an utter rhetorical fabrication designed to steal votes by scaring the population (Goebbels) the bottom line is that Republicans stand for torture, and are content with their President on down Lying to Congress and the American people. looks like the tough talk is not working anymore and America is waking up.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#13)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:06 PM EST
    squeaky - You call Bush a liar, yet you offer no proof. We know that you like smear tactics, so how anout some proof? BTW - Did you see Senator Rockefeller on Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#14)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:06 PM EST
    The link to FNC is here.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:06 PM EST
    squeaky.... as this is patently false: According to who... the Bush hating lefty sites? If it's false, I'll eagerly await the mass outcry from all the Dems that GW just slandered. I'm sure they'll all call for his head and do their own press conferences to "show" their facts? I'm waiting.... Bush is a liar and so are you. Ok... so you are a member of the Paul in La La land liars club... (where anybody that disagrees with you is automatically a liar) Please show me where I "lied"...!!! or where Bush lied for that matter.... (and please consult a dictionary as to what the word liar actually means) That is what bb wants for the US, he is fully aware of Jordan's 'system Sorry Squeaky...but as is usual on this site... you all frequently think you speak for us when you don't... you have NO CLUE as to what I want. And BTW I am not that familiar with how Jordan does things...and I'm guessing you aren't either? Of course he fancies himself a royal like Bushco and therefore would never suffer from the iron hand of 'the law'. There ya go again.... Not at all..I'm just a regular old US citizen.. just like you. And if I have had issues with the law... it's because I did something wrong. Not worried about being taken away and never heard from again without reason... And you talk about the "right" scare tactics/paranoia.....LOL kdog... We give American mass murderers trials all the time. Yes, but the operative word there is "Americans".. they deserve access to the courts as they are citzens and usually commit their crimes on American soil... yes? I hope they yell and scream for justice As do I...but you didn't answer my question.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#17)
    by kdog on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:06 PM EST
    That's where we differ BB...I believe due process to be a basic human right. Obviously, my govt. disagrees.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#18)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:06 PM EST
    bb-Answered plain as day. You must be allergic to the truth.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#19)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:06 PM EST
    Nice come-back Squeaky....(not surprising) as I thought...you have nothing! Repeat after me... Bush is a liar...Bush is a liar...BB is a liar.. ok good... I guess you cleared that up.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#20)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:06 PM EST
    bb-the link and quote is posted above for all to see. You are getting it right though, just keep repeating Bush is a liar Once it sinks in you will no longer represent a dwindling portion of America. BTW-It is better to stop lying rather than repeat to yourself (and us) that you are a liar.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#21)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:07 PM EST
    Squeak - You either fail to understand, or choose not to understand. Let is review. In Rockefeller's own words he read the Intelligence report. The report contained even more negative - that is, qualifiers - about Saddam's nuclear power than what Bush was providing. Yet Rockefeller still issued a more strongly worded comment than Bush. Game. Set. Match. Squeak. Rockefeller is convicted by his own words. And you have to be totally dense to not understand that. Since you are not dense, I must assume that you are defending a dishonest position.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#23)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:07 PM EST
    Jimaka: It scares me when we are in complete agreement but we are on this one. And Rockefeller is merely one of the MANY quislings in the Democratic Party that simply went along with Bush's Big Lie, thinking they could get away with it and no one would be the wiser. If ANY Democratic senator who voted for that resolution now faults Bush for how poorly the war is now going, they have no one to blame but themselves. They are traitors all. Dems, find your spines and find them damned quick!

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#24)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:07 PM EST
    Nonsense, Lavocat, nonsense. Traitors? On what planet. They voted under duress for a Resolution that was just paperwork after all. The War Powers problem in American democracy is not resolved. No Resolution one way or the other is going to stop an out of control Executive -- especially not one that used vote-fraud to get into office and at the same time pack the Congress. The party handled the Resolution crisis fairly well -- it's a myth to suggest that Dems could have stopped what the majority party, by vote-fraud or otherwise, wanted to do overseas. The ability to control foreign involvements has been next to nil for a long time.

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#25)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:08 PM EST
    LA LA Paulie... They voted under duress Yep... Typical lib position.... nobody is ever responsible for thier own actions... EI -it's all Bush's fault... What a powerful guy he is! He has the whole Dem party talking in tongues and going in circles...pretty smart guy... LMAO especially not one that used vote-fraud to get into office Still on this tired old BS... yet to provide any proof,... but who needs proof... just keep saying it over & over & all the other lemmings will just follow along.... You need to get a life dude

    Re: Jordan Bombers Identified, Wife in Custody (none / 0) (#26)
    by glanton on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:06:08 PM EST
    "What a powerful guy he is!" Strange that you would say that sarcastically, BB. Why yes, the Presidency has invested Dubya and his circle with more power than either of us can probably evevn imagine. Enough power to "plan a murder, or strat a religion," or start a war. Lavocat: As I have said, I thoroughly agree with you that the Dems have a spine problem. But let's not confuse the issue and descend into Naderland--all is not one, all are not the same. None of the Senate Dems had the power to start a war nor, as Paul in LA has pointed out again and again and again, did they have the power to stop this war. Congressional declarations of war appear to have gone the way of the do-do long, long ago. Moreover, and most importantly, Paul's point about "duress" makes sense to anyone not blinded by ideology or plain stupidity. Day after day after day after day throughout 2002 all we heard from every single media outlet that exists was chanting WMDs, WMDs, WMDs. This rhetoric reached its fever pitch of ooze not from Rockefeller but from the White House. Every television network, people-- that's how the acronym "WMD" came into existence after all. So that it was vote for whatever Bush wanted or get painted as a traitor--some, like Cleland in Confederate Georgia, even got painted as traitors after voting yea. The there is what happened to Wellstone. The 2002 election was at the bottom of this whole thing. I'm sorry you wingers cannot even see what's in front of you. Lavocat is right that those who didn't still should have voted nay, but he ignores the important truth Paul tells about the historic number of nays in the Senate and House, not to mention Pelosi's ascendance. The Dems did not start this mad, unprincipled war, and thus have every right to nail the Rethugs to the wall for how and why it was started.

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