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Al Qaeda: Jordan A Bombing Target Because It Was “A Backyard Garden” For US Operations…

Al Qaeda: Jordan A Bombing Target Because It Was “A Backyard Garden” For US Operations…
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Hundreds of angry Jordanians rallied Thursday outside one of three U.S.-based hotels attacked by suicide bombers, shouting, "Burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!" after the terrorist's group claimed responsibility for the blasts that killed at least 56 people.

In an Internet statement, al-Qaida in Iraq linked the blasts at the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the Days Inn hotels to the war in Iraq and called Amman the "backyard garden" for U.S. operations.

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