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| Al-Zarqawi Threatens to Kill Jordan's King |
| 2005-11-18 |
| UPDATED: An audiotape in the name of al-Qaida in Iraq threatened on Friday to chop off King Abdullah II's head and bomb more hotels and tourist sites. The speaker on the tape, identified as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, also said the group's suicide bombers did not intend to bomb a Jordanian wedding party at an Amman hotel last week, killing about 30 people. 'Your star is fading. You will not escape your fate, you descendant of traitors. We will be able to reach your head and chop it off,' al-Zarqawi said, referring to the king. Al-Zarqawi told Jordanians to stay away from bases used by U.S. forces in Jordan, hotels and tourist sites in Amman, the Dead Sea and the southern resort of Aqaba and embassies of governments participating in the war in Iraq, saying they would be targeted. He underlined that al-Qaida in Iraq is not targeting fellow Muslims. 'We want to assure you that ... you are more beloved to us than ourselves,' he said, addressing Jordanians. The authenticity of the audiotape, posted on an Islamic militant Web forum, could not be confirmed independently, but the voice resembled that of al-Zarqawi on previous tapes. The tape was posted following widespread outrage over the Nov. 9 bombings against three Amman hotels that killed 59 people, 30 of them in a Jordanian-Palestinian wedding party held in a ballroom. Even contributors to militant Web forums _ who lionize al-Zarqawi and praise his attacks _ criticized the bombings, saying he should avoid civilians. Al-Zarqawi insisted that the striking of the wedding party at the Radisson SAS hotel was a 'lie' and a 'forgery' by Jordanian security officials. The Radisson bomber struck a hall where Israeli intelligence officials were meeting at the time, al-Zarqawi claimed. But part of the roof fell in on the wedding hall, either from the blast or even _ he said _ from a separate bomb placed in the roof, though not by al-Qaida. 'We didn't target them. Our target was halls being used by Zionist intelligence who were meeting there at the time,' he said. 'Our brothers knew their targets with great precision.' 'God knows we chose these hotels only after more than two months of close observation (that proved) that these hotels had become headquarters for the Israeli and American intelligence,' he said. Al-Zarqawi accused the Jordanian government of hiding casualties among Israeli agents. 'I defy the renegade government to show us the losses among the Jews,' he said. The Radisson attack involved two bombers _ an Iraqi husband and wife. Witnesses told Jordanian security officials that the couple talked their way into the wedding, telling hotel employees they wanted to watch, then went to different sides of the hall. When the woman's explosives belt failed to go off, her husband told her to leave, then he jumped on a table in the ballroom and set off his blast, Jordanian officials have said. In the tape, the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi listed the reasons his group _ which has led a fearsome campaign of suicide bombings and other attacks against U.S. forces and Shiites in Iraq for two years _ is now targeting Jordan. He said Jordan has served as a protector for Israel and has allowed Israeli companies to take over its economy; allows the presence of 'secret American prisons' on its territory where 'dozens of mujahideen' are being held; and has become a 'swamp of obscenity' allowing alcohol and prostitution at tourist sites. Earlier Friday, thousands of flag-waving Jordanians thronged downtown Amman in the 'March of the Nation,' a noisy, emphatic demonstration against the hotel attacks. 'Al-Zarqawi, you coward, what brought you here?' the angry crowd shouted. 'Cease, cease, al-Zarqawi, you are a villain!' the throng chanted. 'Cease, Cease, you terrorist, you are a coward!' Jordanian television reported that 100,000 people took part in the march; however, that estimate could not be independently verified. The size of the crowd appeared to be much larger than protests last week in the days right after the bombings. Friday's marchers came from across Jordan in a show of solidarity in the demonstration organized by the Municipality of Amman. 'I came specifically to say to those terrorists and al-Zarqawi that we are all united against them. We do not want them on our land,' said Ghazi al-Hajjaj, 43, who traveled from Tafila, 115 miles south of Amman, to attend the rally. Palestinians from Jordan's 13 refugee camps also took part in the protest. The crowd of mostly men, many wearing Jordan's distinct red-checkered keffiyeh around their necks, marched from the downtown Al-Husseini mosque following Friday prayers. Soldiers stood watch along the streets as the marchers passed. Some men brought their families with them. Aya Abu-Ghosh, 9, came with her father and siblings. 'I came here to say to terror: Get out of our home. We don't want you. You scare us.' Many demonstrators lifted photos of King Abdullah II and carried banners denouncing the attacks in general and al-Zarqawi in particular. 'Al-Zarqawi, you are the enemy of God,' one read. The two-hour march concluded with a rally at a downtown square, where many dignitaries and Muslim and Christian clergymen addressed the crowd. 'The bombings of Amman proved that the bones of Jordan are harder and our unity is stronger,' said Monsignor Nabil Haddad, head of the Melkite Catholic community. One speaker, who did not give his name but told the audience that he was a member of Bani Hassan, al-Zarqawi's tribe, recited a poem condemning terrorism. 'You terrorist, you are a traitor and whoever follows your ideology is also a traitor, too. Go to hell, you son of Satan,' he read. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 Zarqawi is known by the words he speaks and the friends he keeps. He is a polytheist, satan worshipper and a child molester. he preys upon captive boys and girls and then disposes of them with a allahu ahkbar with their demise. Zarqawi misreads and misuses the words of the prophet Mohammed to posture himself as a great leader and elevate himself to the level of Allah. His arrogance is used to hide his ignorance and lack of communication skills. Zarqawi is a man-boy hiding as a woman amongst pigs and eating from their trough. Zarqawi is a simpleton who craves sex with children and is a serial killer. Zarqawi perverts Islam and has damaged Islam globally even more than princess Osama bin Mohammed Laden, aka Shaiton Abdullah, and his girlfriend Zawahiri and her freaky little cousin Omar the one-eyed wonder. Zarqawi will be received in hell by the other corrupt agents of Satan as his reward. Zarqawi... your time comes as surely as the sun rises and sets. You will die soon. |
| Posted by: Fun Dung Poo 2005-11-18 22:48 |
| #10 The present King of Jordan's dad gave the PLO terrorists their taste of Hell in Black September : 30-40 thousand of the PLO-affliated terrorists were killed by the Jordanian Army, after the Paleos threatened the life of the old King. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2005-11-18 22:07 |
| #9 King Abdullah's mother was British and his father dealt with both Israel and the US, particularly irritating the Palestinians. Wasn't Zark a native born Jordanian hood? What's with the "descendent of traitors" beef? |
| Posted by: Danielle 2005-11-18 16:47 |
| #8 So - why was the lady boomer dressed for a wedding, again? To infiltrate an intellegence conclave? Is it just me, or does that make NO sense? |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-11-18 15:06 |
| #7 Whatever allah wants to happen, happens. So why is he apologizing? it was allah's will. Perhaps allah wants him to convert? on another note, despite his rantings, does anyone know how many Israelis/Jews or Americans were killed, if any? All I remember hearing was that one Israeli -- an arab Israeli -- was killed. Any more? |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-11-18 15:02 |
| #6 'You terrorist, you are a traitor and whoever follows your ideology is also a traitor, too. Go to hell, you son of Satan.' Well that about sums it up. (sounds like a bunch of Rantburgers . . . ) And it proves that, however inconsistent the religion of Islam is, the followers have the ability to define it for themselves. Photos of the demonstration against terrorism were pretty impressive. The US MSM stayed on moonbat Sheehan for days with her sorry little itsy-bitsy crowd, but I doubt this will get much play. And this is why you don't "hold Mecca and Medina" hostage, Zenster. The big group ain't with the (by comparison) little group of Moslems involved in terrorist gangsterism. You don't offend everyone and thus support the cause of the terrorists by enflaming people that aren't "down wid" the bad boys. Get it? |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2005-11-18 14:55 |
| #5 See, we knew it all along. The JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS were really responsible. Zarq would never intentionally target other muslims ( "you are more beloved to us than ourselves"). The fact that his butt-brothers have killed 1000s of innocent muslims is, is, a JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOish lie!!! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-11-18 14:05 |
| #4 The authenticity of the audiotape, posted on an Islamic militant Web forum, could not be verified, but the voice resembled that of al- Zarqawi on previous tapes. Well, I'll be. But...tapes that began when, before or after ol Sparky Zarky was rumored to have bit the dust? |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-18 13:55 |
| #3 Is there anyone or anything this guy isn't trying to blowup? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-11-18 13:49 |
| #2 Er, King Abdullah is a descendant of that traitor the Profit Mohammed? Zawahiri oughta adjust Zarq's meds... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-11-18 13:42 |
| #1 PR problems Zarky? I'm imagining Zark with his new jihadi marketing director direct from France. "Seriously though, this is no way to run a jihad Ahman, we need returns on investment. You are not reaching the target audience. Let's kill some Jews, or I know, claim to have killed Jews that the Jordanian king is covering up. Oh, and some CIA guys. You know everyone loves a conspiracy, and we really need to deal with the fallout from your stupid hotel bombing. Yes CIA and Jews and something about infidels. OK we'll go with that. Now get serious, I'm turning the tape on, damnit Abu quit farting. You son of bitch, get serious. Come on now, You're angry, you're a jihadi, you love Allah. You feel it? OK remember you are Zarqawi the Imam of Iraq, and 3, 2, Ok I'm turning the tape on. I'm serious Abu, if you don't stop the farting we'll cut your head off! Amateurs, I should have kept my day job selling Puegot's in Paris." EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-11-18 13:36 |