a ten second sound bite on CNNI, versys ten minutes to American "torture" (although they did recast a special on North Korea)...
The BEEB is not much better...I searched for "demonstrations" and got the one on november 11th, not yesterday...
the BBC DID mention it, however, it this article:but the headline is Zaquari defends Jordanian attack
An audio message purportedly from the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, says the Jordan bombings were not meant to hit a Muslim wedding. ...
The 9 November blasts killed 54 people, and caused widespread public outrage.
At least 100,000 people marched through Amman on Friday in the latest mass show of anger at the suicide attacks.
"Zarqawi, you coward, what brought you here?" shouted the marchers.
The Beeb's headlines are of more carnage in Bagdad....
Again, innocent civilians praying at a mosque were killed...but no outrage here, folks, just body counts (breathless side bar "bloodiest attacks this year") and ending with emphasis on Bush...
Even the mullahs in Iran are mad about that one, if we believe the Chinese papers.... they criticize the coalition for not providing enough security (Hmmm...maybe they want more troops? not a pullout)...sorry, lost the link for that one...) But the outrage of the mullahs isnot news, you see, any more than the arrest of a couple dissadents in Tehran is news...
Luckily, in these days of the internet, we can search Aljazeera, which DID cover the demonstrations...
And they report that although the city of Amman sponsored the rally, people came from all over...
And they provided this interesting comment:
Palestinians from Jordan's 13 refugee camps also took part in the protest.
Several important Palestinans were killed in the hotel bombings, you see...
AlZaquari claimed he was after "American spies", but the only US citizens killed were Jordanian born citizens, i.e. the producer of the "Haloween" films and his daughter...
People unlikely to be spies...
oh, and a P.S....
The poll on the sidebar is about who should control the internet...right now the US is winning....
Who should govern the internet?
US-backed pvt body as at present :
31%Pvt global body without US control :
24%The UN :
20%Universal Postal Union-like body :
25%Number of pollers : 9031
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