Friday, November 11, 2005

Analysis: Amman blasts al-Qaida linked / United Press International, 9 Nov 2005

http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20051109-061756-2684r
Claude Salhani
"The triple hotel bombings in the Jordanian capital, Amman, demonstrates al-Qaida's persistence in pursuing its deadly plans in attacking American interests around the world while causing as many casualties as possible. Al-Qaida's implementation of the so-called Millennium Plot was initially meant to strike at foreign hotels in Amman almost six years ago on New Year's Eve 2000. Jordanian security forces, however, uncovered the initial plot, preventing the worst, and millennium festivities were able to proceed unhindered. But now terrorists have detonated three bombs at U.S.-run hotels, killing about 67 people and injuring more than 180. "