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2005-08-04 Iraq-Jordan

Jordan uncovers Zarq's boys planning to attack US military on break in Majik Kingdom

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Posted by BA 2005-08-04 08:22|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Inspector Reynaud around?

Posted by tu3031 2005-08-04 09:15|| 2005-08-04 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Too bad, so sad.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-04 09:15|| 2005-08-04 09:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Seventeen arrested... that makes a lot of threads to pull to start unravelling the Al Qaeda fabric. 7/7 and 7/21, distressing as they were/are, begin to look like a disaster for A.Q. and its affiliates. So many individuals swept up by the authorities, so much of the spider's web revealed, and a change in attitude across Europe to the mouthy Muslim radicals in their midst. I await with bated breath the next revelation! :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-04 09:39|| 2005-08-04 09:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Still trying to figure out what the hell this has to do with Lebanon? LOL!

Posted by danking70 2005-08-04 10:11|| 2005-08-04 10:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Fixed title

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-08-04 11:02|| 2005-08-04 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 I was already uneasy about using the most prominent hotels in Amman. On my next break I'll choose a second-rank one (and since I'll be paying, it's doubly sensible). Jordan's very nice but it just feels like a juicy target. All the stikes against it - at peace with Israel, America's poodle (the jihadis probably know or sense the incredible amount of cooperation that remains unacknowledged), successful and moderate monarchy with a very secular feel.

Posted by Verlaine in Iraq 2005-08-04 11:10|| 2005-08-04 11:10|| Front Page Top

#7 "...interrogations of the suspects revealed ..."
JORDANIAN interrogation? Ouch!

Posted by glenmore">glenmore 2005-08-04 12:41|| 2005-08-04 12:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Does anyone else get the impression that these folks have a zombie like personality, and robotically follow whoever is directing them?

The British bombers were reported to have become more "pious in their Islamic practice". It seems that something has grasped their mind and won't let go.

Similar to cults like Hare Krishna, Scientology, or Unification Church here in the USA when they get a hold of someone...

Posted by BigEd 2005-08-04 12:42|| 2005-08-04 12:42|| Front Page Top

#9 ...and I second glenmore's thoughts on "Jordanian Interrogation". Do you suppose the Brits could borrow these guys from King Abdullah to question Haroun Aswad when they get him from Zambia?

Posted by BigEd 2005-08-04 12:53|| 2005-08-04 12:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Sorry about the title mixup. Thanks for fixing Steve, lol! I was trying to quickly post this one and the story of the al-Jazeera video of Zawahri threatening the UK at the same time!

Posted by BA 2005-08-04 14:04|| 2005-08-04 14:04|| Front Page Top

#11 The impoverished areas is key. See improvished areas are areas (a) the authorities tend to be distrusted (b) the people tend to be more easily misled into idiocy (marxism for example) (c) the people can be bribed.

That does not mean impoverished areas create Jihadists, but it does make those areas potential safe areas that should be watched carefully.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-08-04 15:12|| 2005-08-04 15:12|| Front Page Top

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