I have a lump in my throat and a knot up my tummy! I am angry! And I'm tired of being glued to the TV flipping between Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiyya, and JTV for drop-by-drop updates on the explosions!!
I heard the news around the same time everyone else did, and felt like someone punched me really hard… telephones started ringing in the house, because we live in Rabieh, close to where the third explosion took place at the Days Inn hotel, and people where asking us if we were ok! We hadn’t heard anything and things seemed quiet outside. A friend of mine lives very close to the third circle and when he was talking to me on the phone I could hear sirens from behind him… I don't know how to describe the feeling it gave me, I had chills all over! This can't be happening in Amman, our beloved safe secure Jordan!! And to hear that the explosion in the Radisson SAS happened in a hall where a wedding was taking place, and that most of the injured were people at that party, you just feel disgusted at the cowards who carried out this operation!
As news is slow in coming in, news channels have been talking to political observers and analysts trying to speculate who is behind this and why! Fingers point to Al-Qaeda and Zarqawi! Of course nothing is confirmed but it's no surprise that Jordan has been targeted. When I pose to think about it, I can't help but wonder, what purpose did these explosions serve for those terrorists? So they are anti-US and anti-Israel and they are up against America's war in Iraq and its plans for the Middle East… how exactly does this support their "fight" and help their "cause"? So they hit the tourism in the country, spread fear and shake stability, then what?? So they hit the places that supposedly attract Israelis or Americans or foreigners, and they take innocent lives, what role does this play in their bigger picture if they have one? They are nothing but terrorists. They are such cowards who are tarnishing the name of whatever legitimate resistance to occupation and unjust policies there is out there! Nothing in the world could legitimize this! Well not only are they cowards and liars who do not relate to Islam one bit, they are also utterly stupid… they are not serving their extremism in any way but rather driving everyone in the other direction!
We always hear about explosions in Iraq, Lebanon, and the region, and we seem to have gotten numb and stopped really thinking about it every time, but when it hits home, a few kilometers away from where I'm sitting, when I see pictures of my Amman under attack… I remember how ugly terrorism is!!
You know what? No matter what happens they won't shake or weaken Jordan, but rather make its people more unified and stronger!
I feel too emotional at the moment, I want to go sit with the rest of the family in front of the TV… tomorrow has been announced an official holiday, I want us all to go demonstrate in the streets of Amman in solidarity!
God Bless Jordan!
I heard the news around the same time everyone else did, and felt like someone punched me really hard… telephones started ringing in the house, because we live in Rabieh, close to where the third explosion took place at the Days Inn hotel, and people where asking us if we were ok! We hadn’t heard anything and things seemed quiet outside. A friend of mine lives very close to the third circle and when he was talking to me on the phone I could hear sirens from behind him… I don't know how to describe the feeling it gave me, I had chills all over! This can't be happening in Amman, our beloved safe secure Jordan!! And to hear that the explosion in the Radisson SAS happened in a hall where a wedding was taking place, and that most of the injured were people at that party, you just feel disgusted at the cowards who carried out this operation!
As news is slow in coming in, news channels have been talking to political observers and analysts trying to speculate who is behind this and why! Fingers point to Al-Qaeda and Zarqawi! Of course nothing is confirmed but it's no surprise that Jordan has been targeted. When I pose to think about it, I can't help but wonder, what purpose did these explosions serve for those terrorists? So they are anti-US and anti-Israel and they are up against America's war in Iraq and its plans for the Middle East… how exactly does this support their "fight" and help their "cause"? So they hit the tourism in the country, spread fear and shake stability, then what?? So they hit the places that supposedly attract Israelis or Americans or foreigners, and they take innocent lives, what role does this play in their bigger picture if they have one? They are nothing but terrorists. They are such cowards who are tarnishing the name of whatever legitimate resistance to occupation and unjust policies there is out there! Nothing in the world could legitimize this! Well not only are they cowards and liars who do not relate to Islam one bit, they are also utterly stupid… they are not serving their extremism in any way but rather driving everyone in the other direction!
We always hear about explosions in Iraq, Lebanon, and the region, and we seem to have gotten numb and stopped really thinking about it every time, but when it hits home, a few kilometers away from where I'm sitting, when I see pictures of my Amman under attack… I remember how ugly terrorism is!!
You know what? No matter what happens they won't shake or weaken Jordan, but rather make its people more unified and stronger!
I feel too emotional at the moment, I want to go sit with the rest of the family in front of the TV… tomorrow has been announced an official holiday, I want us all to go demonstrate in the streets of Amman in solidarity!
God Bless Jordan!
PS. Roba is providing regular updates on the explosions on Global Voices Online
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