Amman bombing

[qatarperegrine]

About an hour ago, bombs went off in three Amman hotels -- the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson, and the Days Inn.

In the time it took me to write that sentence, CNN's fatality report went from 5 to 18.

If anyone's counting, Cairo was bombed the day after we left, too. Justin just recalled with relief that India was not bombed after our visit, although a political candidate was assassinated while we were there.

Do you suppose we could be horsepeople of the apocalypse and not know it?

Comments

That'd make a great novel!

[canyonwren.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Could you NOT visit Seattle for a while? While I'd love to meet you in person, I think I'd rather come to where you are. The Apocalypse Horsemen, home in the stable, and all.

I hear

[shmuelisms.livejournal.com]

that King Hussein has a mighty fine collection of choice Arabian Horses. I wouldn't be too worried about being a Horse-Rider of the Apocalypse - hang around the Middle-East long enough, and sooner or later, you'll have to be in "proximity" to a bombing or three.

[expatinqatar.livejournal.com]

It is so sad what happened in Amman last night, so many innocent lives were taken by coward terrorists coming from Iraq. Most of the victims were people in a wedding party in Radisson hotel plus some other foreigners from different nationalities. I hope to have an end to this cycle of violence in the middle east

[qatar.livejournal.com]

It was indeed shocking. Al Qaeda says they targeted those hotels because they were built for enemies of faith, but why then go into the ballroom where a Muslim wedding was taking place?

I've read that not everyone arrested was Iraqi, though.