Vast condemnation for Amman's explosions
Jordan-Regional, Politics, 11/10/2005

The explosions in the Jordanian capital Amman which was targeted by three explosions at hotels, and resulted in killing 67 persons and injuring other hundreds, were vastly deplored at the national, regional and international levels.

The USA strongly condemned these explosions which it described as brutal and proposed to give aid and ensure all forms of cooperation possible to "carry out the investigations on these attacks," and to help the Jordanians to bring the terrorists before the judiciary.

The US President George W. Bush expressed his condolences to the Jordanian King Abdullah II and to the Jordanian people.

The US secretary of state Condaleezza rice deplored these attacks and described them as "great catastrophe."

France condemned by strongest words Amman's explosions, and the French foreign minister Dominique De Villepin in a message to his Jordanian peer Adnan Badran expressed his "since condolences to the Jordanian people.

In London, the British prime minister Tony Blair expressed his shock and sadness upon hearing news of Amman's explosions and described them as a horrific terrorist attack.

At the internal level, the general observer of the Muslim Brothers group in Amman Abdul Miguid al-Zuneibat condemned the suicide attacks which targeted three hotels in Amman and described them as "terrorist and criminal acts."

The Jordanian king, who is now outside the Kingdom, deplored these explosions and described them as "terrorist." He threatened its executors to be punished. He described in a statement issued by the Jordanian royal court that "criminal acts were committed by one mislead group."

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deplored London's explosions and described them as "a crime against humanity and the Arab man." The Palestinian Cabinet decided to lower the Palestinian flag today in the Palestinian establishments mourning the victims of the explosions.

In Damascus, the Syrian government condemned strongly the explosions and expressed sympathy and solidarity with Jordan's people and government.

The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned Amman's explosions and its president Sheikh Khaleifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan stressed his country's stand with Jordan and places his country's potentials for it.

In an international reaction to Amman's explosions, the UN Security Council called on its members to meet later today Thursday in order to discuss Jordan's explosions.

A diplomatic source in New York said that the official subject for this meeting, which is not scheduled in the original agenda of the council, is the threats resulted from the terrorist threats international peace and security.

The UN secretary general Kofi Annan, currently visiting Saudi Arabia, condemned the explosions and was obliged to postpone a visit which was due today to Amman till Friday to confer with King Abdullah II and UN staff.

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