Bill Clintons visit bomb site in Jordan (AP) Updated: 2005-11-14 09:11
Former US President Clinton, accompanied by his family, on Sunday visited a
Jordanian hotel devastated by a suicide bomber, condemning the "destructive
terror that murdered children and other innocents."
He, his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, interrupted a
visit to Israel to make a brief trip to Jordan at the invitation of King
Abdullah II.
Former U.S.
president Bill Clinton (L) and his wife U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (2nd
R) visit the Radisson SAS hotel in Amman November 13,
2005.[Reuters] | The former president spoke while
standing in the wrecked hall of the Radisson SAS hotel, where an attacker
detonated a belt of explosives during a wedding last week.
He said the family wanted to express "solidarity with the people of Jordan
and our support for doing whatever is necessary to fight against and defeat this
kind of destructive terror that murdered children and other innocents."
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton (L) and his
wife U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton visit the Radisson SAS hotel in Amman
November 13, 2005. [Reuters] | The Clintons walked
over on a bloodied carpet scattered with broken glass, silver knives and
napkins.
"These people have no respect for anyone or anything," Hillary Clinton said
of the bombers. "They believe in death and nihilism."
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton looks on as
his wife U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (R) speaks to reporters during their
visit to the Radisson SAS hotel in Amman November 13, 2005. The hotel was
one of the three hotels bombed last Wednesday. Jordan has arrested an
Iraqi woman who failed in her attempt to carry out a suicide bombing
alongside her husband at an Amman hotel last week, officials said on
Sunday.[Reuters] | Jordan says three Iraqi suicide
bombers carried out the blasts that struck the Radisson, Grand Hyatt and Days
Inn hotels. On Sunday, authorities announced the arrest of the wife of the
Radisson bomber, a woman who fled after her explosives belt malfunctioned.
Former President Clinton denied that Jordan's ties with the United States
made it a target of al-Qaida in Iraq, which has claimed responsibility for the
attacks.
To tie the attack "to the friendship between King Abdullah and the United
States, this is ridiculous," he said.
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