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| Jordan’s King Condemns 9/11 Terrorists |
| 2003-09-16 |
| The terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks harmed Islam by making people around the world believe the religion promoted violence, Jordan’s King Abdullah II wrote in an opinion piece published Monday. ``The evil that occurred ... two years ago left scars on the whole world, but none as great as the false idea that Islam encourages violence,’’ wrote the monarch, who is meeting with President Bush this week at Camp David. I dunno, the scars left on the families of the 3,000 dead are pretty damned deep. In an article written for the Los Angeles Times and reprinted in Jordan’s four daily newspapers, Abdullah said Jordanians have suffered because of people ``who preach the culture of terror and seek power through violence.’’ And how many of these jokers have you locked up in Jordan? Abdullah said the actions of terrorists claiming to fight in the name of Islam has led to a great misunderstanding among Americans ``that threatens to divide the friends of peace, Arab and American, just when we most need to stand together... The only people who win when Americans feel divided from their Arab and Muslim friends are the extremists and haters. Let’s not allow these enemies of peace to do anymore violence.’’ Abdullah’s meetings with Bush will focus on restoring order to the troubled Middle East, particularly rescuing the U.S.-backed ``road map’’ for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The U.S.-led occupation of Jordan’s neighbor, Iraq, also is expected to be on the agenda. Here’s a talking point for GWB: "Say, Abdullah, when are you going to fix your border so as to whack the dead-enders before they cross into Iraq?" Jordan in 1994 became only the second Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel and is home to a large population of Palestinian refugees who fled after the 1948 founding of Israel and their descendants. It also had close ties with Saddam Hussein’s regime before U.S.-led forces toppled his government. Ah, survival, the oldest political game. |
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