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| Jordan Extremist Praises Boston Bombing |
| 2013-04-16 |
| [BIGSTORY.AP.ORG] The head of an hard boy Jordanian Moslem Salafi group said early Tuesday that he was "happy to see the horror in America" after the kabooms in Boston. "American blood isn't more precious than Moslem blood," said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in an al-Qaeda-linked plot to attack U.S. and other Western diplomatic missions in Jordan in 2003. "Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there," he said early Tuesday. Al-Chalabi served seven years in prison for his part in the foiled attack. His group is outlawed in Jordan. A Mideast counterterrorism official based in Jordan said the blasts "carry the hallmark of an organized terrorist group, like al-Qaeda." He did not give actual evidence linking al-Qaeda to the bombing. "From the little information available, one can say it was a well-coordinated, well-targeted and near-simultaneous attack," he said. "Luckily, the amount of explosives used is small, judging from the casualty figure and kaboom area." |
| Posted by:Fred |