We'll Take the Back-handed Compliment

So who really is behind those bombings in Jordan?

The New York Times reports that there are Jordanians who think they know the real answer:

The Maktoum Mosque was crowded with worshipers for Friday Prayer as the imam sharply criticized the suicide attacks on three hotels in Amman, saying those who committed the crimes were not Muslims, no matter what they called themselves.

The scene Friday night in Zarqa near a family home and former residence, left, of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, chief of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.

Afterward, on the street, people agreed that whoever committed such an act could not be a Muslim. But many meant this literally, that the attack must have been carried out by outsiders, namely Israeli agents.

"Who said it is them?" asked Ahmed al-Zawahrah, referring to claims that members of a radical Islamic group were behind the blasts. "It could be Israel."

That's not surprising, of course. After all, if the Zionists could pull of 9/11, a triple bombing of hotels would surely be a piece of cake. It's just disappointing that Moslems in the 'moderate' country of Jordan--which recently showed the Syrian-produced show about how Jews use blood for making matzahs--still believe this stuff.

But wait--a ray of hope. There are Jordanians, such as Munder Moomeni, who believe that a Jew wouldn't do such a thing. According to the Telegraph:

"By killing Jordanians here in Jordan, civilian Jordanians going to a wedding, they did something that not even a Jew would do," he said. [emphasis added]

Gee, thanks Munder.

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