Friday, 16, June, 2006 (20, Jumada al-Ula, 1427)
4 Jordanian MPs Blasted Over Zarqawi Abdul Jalil Mustafa, Arab News AMMAN, 16 June 2006 Three thousand Jordanians demonstrated yesterday against four Islamist lawmakers who last week extended condolences to the family of the slain Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. Demonstrators chanted slogans and carried placards dubbing the MPs as "terrorists" and calling for their expulsion from the House of Representatives. The demonstration took off from the Parliament's premises and ended in front of the Radisson SAS, one of three hotels which were targeted by the Nov. 9 suicide bombings that killed 60 civilians and wounded more than 90 others. An Iraqi bomber blew himself up at a wedding party that was in process at Radisson SAS, killing at least 30 people including the parents of the bride. The blasts were claimed by Zarqawi's group, the Jihad and Tawhid Brigades. The four deputies, who belong to the Islamic Action Front (IAF), visited a tent that was set up last week in Zarqawi's home city of Zarqa, 30 kilometers east of Amman, to receive condolences upon the passing away of the Al-Qaeda leader who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq. One of the lawmakers, Mohammad Abu Fares, went further to describe Zarqawi in a Friday sermon as a "martyr". The four MPs have been charged with "incitement to terrorism" for their visit. On Monday the military prosecutor ordered that the MPs - Abu Fares, Jaafar Horani, Ibrahim Mashukhi and Ali Abu Sukkar be held in custody for 15 days. Judicial sources say that if convicted, they face between six months and three years in prison and a fine of 500 dinars ($700). The IAF is the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement, which defended the visit as warranted by the long-observed Jordanian social traditions. The group's leader Salem Falahat accused the government of utilizing the incident to defame the Islamic movement in the country and evade the fulfillment of a promise to carry out sweeping political reforms in the country. The brotherhood said yesterday that it had invited the country's political parties, trade unions and civic society organizations into a meeting to be held on Saturday "for exchanging opinions on the status of public freedoms" in the country in the wake of the detention of the four lawmakers. The four MPs have been reportedly sent to Al-Jafr desert prison pending their trial before the State Security Court. Copyright: Arab News © 2003 All rights reserved. Site designed by: arabix and powered by Eima IT ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/do.u8A/hOaOAA/Zx0JAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
