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March 14, 2005

Jordanian Media Inciting Martyrdom

Check out this interesting example of the delusional Arab press writing favorably about the Jordanian suicide bomber who murdered more than one hundred Iraqi civilians in Hilla last month.

The murderer in question was evidently a 32 year old lawyer from Jordan who had been living in California at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Hat tip to Laurie Byrd at Polipundit.

Update

More on the fallout from that article here, including Iraqi demonstrations against the suicide bombers and calls for compensation for the victims from the Jordanian government.

Also, take a look at this post by Omar at Iraq the Model about how Iraqi merchants are boycotting Syrian goods in protest at their support for Iraqi insurgents.

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