Photos: Jordan blasts
Annan in Amman
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is received by Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Nov. 11. Al-Qaeda said that four Iraqis, including a husband and wife team, carried out the suicide bombings against luxury hotels in Jordan that devastated one of Washington’s staunchest Middle East allies. Annan condemned the attacks during a visit to Amman as Jordanians gathered in mosques nationwide to mourn victims of the carnage, which jolted a country regarded as one of the safest in the volatile Middle East. (AFP/Getty Images/Yusseff Allan)
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Photos: Jordan blasts
Visiting victims
Queen Rania of Jordan, left, and the wife of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Nane, center, visit victims of the hotel blasts at a hospital in Amman on Nov. 11. (AFP/Getty Images/Khalil Mazraawi)
Queen’s visit
Queen Rania of Jordan visits the wounded at a hospital in Amman on Nov. 10. Al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who claimed the deadly hotel bombings in his Jordanian homeland, was freed by King Abdullah II in an amnesty six years ago but is now one of the world’s most wanted men over a bloody campaign of attacks in neighboring Iraq. (AFP/Getty Images/Khalil Mazraawi)
Book of condolence
First lady Laura Bush signs a book of condolences as President Bush, Jordanian Ambassador Karim Kawar, and the ambassador’s wife, Luma, left to right, look on at the Embassy of Jordan on Nov. 10 in Washington. (AFP/Getty Images/Mandel Ngan)
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King Abudullah addresses his nation
A picture made available by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows King Abdullah II addressing the nation in Amman on Nov. 10. King Abdullah II said in his televised speech that his country will not be “blackmailed” into changing its policies. (AFP/Getty Images/Jordanian Royal Palace/Yussef Allan)
Checking for evidence
Jordanian explosive experts check the rubble at Amman’s Hyatt hotel for evidence on Nov. 10. (AFP/Getty Images)
Vigil for victims
Jordanian children light candles outside Amman’s Grand Hyatt hotel on Nov. 10. (AFP/Getty Images/Ramzi Haidar)
Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi
This image grab from Jordan’s official TV shows Jordanian al-Qaeda leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, who was masterminding terror attacks to hit Jordan, according to a taped testimony by members of a terrorist cell aired by the official television station in April 2004. Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings on Amman hotels, according to a statement published on the Internet on Nov. 10. The three hotels targeted in the Nov. 9 attacks had been “turned by the dictator of Jordan into a garden for the enemies of (our) religion, the Jews and the Crusaders,” the statement said. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Funeral in Amman
Jordanians take part in the funeral of a victim of the Nov. 9 triple bombing attacks on hotels in the Jordanian capital, at a cemetery in Amman on Nov. 10. (AFP/Getty Images/Pedro Ugarte)
Palestinian intelligence head killed
This undated picture shows the head of the Palestinian intelligence services, Bashir Nafeh, in the West Bank city of Nablus. Nafeh was among those killed in a blast that shook a hotel in the Jordanian capital Nov. 9, 2005. (AFP/Getty photo by Awad Awad)
Damaged hotel
A forensic expert runs in front of the damaged Days Inn hotel in Amman, Jordan. (AFP/Getty Images/Khalil Mazraawi)
Covered body
Jordanian security forces stand next to a covered body outside the Days Inn hotel in Amman, Jordan, on Nov. 9. (AFP/Getty Images/Khalil Mazraawi)
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Security forces
Jordanian security forces stand guard outside Amman’s Radisson SAS hotel following an explosion at the hotel on Nov. 9. (AFP/Getty Images/Khalil Mazraawi)
Inside the Hyatt
A screen grab taken from the Jordanian TV shows a wrecked hall inside Grand Hyatt hotel in Amman, Jordan, following an explosion that the authorities said could have been caused by suicide bombers on Nov. 9. (AFP/Getty Images/Jordaninan TV)
Wrecked hall
A screen grab taken from the Jordanian TV shows a wrecked hall inside Grand Hyatt hotel in Amman following an explosion that the authorities said could have been caused by suicide bombers on Nov. 9. (AFP/Getty Images/Jordanian TV)
