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Forum Spin Doctor
AMMAN, Jordan - (AP) An audiotape purportedly from the head of
al-Qaida in Iraq said Friday that its suicide bombers did not intend to hit
a Jordanian wedding party in last week's Amman hotel bombings.
The voice on the tape, said to be Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said the
bomber who detonated his explosives in Amman's Radisson SAS hotel on Nov. 9
was targeting a hall where he claimed Israeli and American intelligence
officials were meeting, but caused part of the roof to fall in the wedding
hall.
Al-Zarqawi accused the Jordanian government of hiding casualties
among Israeli and American intelligence agents and insisted al-Qaida in Iraq
is not targeting fellow Muslims.
"We want to assure you that ... you are more beloved to us than
ourselves," al-Zarqawi said, addressing Jordanians.
al-Qaida in Iraq said Friday that its suicide bombers did not intend to hit
a Jordanian wedding party in last week's Amman hotel bombings.
The voice on the tape, said to be Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said the
bomber who detonated his explosives in Amman's Radisson SAS hotel on Nov. 9
was targeting a hall where he claimed Israeli and American intelligence
officials were meeting, but caused part of the roof to fall in the wedding
hall.
Al-Zarqawi accused the Jordanian government of hiding casualties
among Israeli and American intelligence agents and insisted al-Qaida in Iraq
is not targeting fellow Muslims.
"We want to assure you that ... you are more beloved to us than
ourselves," al-Zarqawi said, addressing Jordanians.