"... It exposed Jordan’s close ties with US intelligence; a realisation that shocked and angered many Muslims in the country, normally seen as an oasis of peace in the turbulent area. At yesterday’s funeral, the family of the dead al-Qaeda member had nothing but scorn for their Government’s alliance with America.“The United States is fighting Muslims everywhere,” the dead man’s father, Mahdi Zaydan, said. “They’ll fight to defend themselves and drive the Americans out, like the Soviets were driven out of Afghanistan.” ....His other brother, Ibrahim, fought for the Taleban and was arrested in Kabul by the Americans in 2001, and held at Guantánamo Bay for more than five years. He was released two years ago and was present at the funeral yesterday in a former Palestinian refugee camp that has grown into a permanent neighbourhood of Irbid.“Al-Qaeda and the Taleban are accepted here as fighters who want to drive the enemy out,” Muhammad said.....In his opinion, the Jordanian Government was “absolutely on the wrong side” by helping the Americans. The sentiment is shared by many devout Jordanian Muslims, especially those of Palestinian origin, such as Humam al-Balawi, the CIA suicide bomber, according to Rohile Gharaiheh, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. “The ones who joined the jihad did so because of the Palestinian issue, but it can also affect Jordanians because they don’t know where their Government sends their sons,” he said, referring to al-Balawi’s recruitment by the Jordanian intelligence service. “The Government is making these terrorists; the Government is trying to please the Americans.”
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"a realisation that shocked and angered many Muslims in the country"
That will be the ones that have been locked in a cave for the past 70 years. For the rest the side taken by the scum ruling the country has been evident since the 1940's
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