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Four Palestinian officials among dead in Amman suicide bombings
www.chinaview.cn 2005-11-10 19:56:47

    GAZA, Nov. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian sources said on Thursday that four Palestinian officials were among the dead in Wednesday night's triple suicide bombings in the Jordanian capital of Amman.

    Chief of military intelligence in the West Bank and former head of the Palestinian Special Forces Major General Bashir Nafeh,high-ranking official of Preventive Security forces Colonel Abed Allun, commercial attache of the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo Jihad Fatouh, who is brother of Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker Rawhi Fatouh, and deputy chairman of Cairo-Amman Bank in the Palestinian territories Mosab Khorma were killed in the bombings.

    Meanwhile, the Palestinian National Authority declared a three-day mourning starting from Thursday for bombing victims.

    Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas also offered his condolences to Jordanian King Abdullah II, and condemned the attacks as "against humanity and harming Arab national security."

    Three suicide bombings rocked three hotels in Amman Wednesday night, killing at least 57 and injuring over 100.

    Al-Qaida branch in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide bombings in a website statement. Enditem

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