Thursday, November 10, 2005

IS THIS A FIRST?

Not-insignificant protests in Jordan against al Qaeda.

Jordanians flooded Amman blaring car horns and waving the
nation's flag to protest the suicide attacks at three hotels with Western
connections.

Hundreds of angry Jordanians rallied shouting, "Burn in
hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!" after the terrorist group he leads claimed
responsibility for the blasts.


I think it might be. In most other parts of the Arab world, AQ attacks have sparked anti-US demonstrations, obviously encouraged by the governments. But here, Jordanians seem to be blaming the actual culprits of the atrocity and not buying into the anti-US blame game.

What does it say that the first sizable anti-AQ demonstration didn't occur in the liberal West?

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