Jordan Says Amman Blasts Were Terrorism; 53 Killed

"Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Jordanian government said blasts at three hotels in the capital Amman late today were coordinated ``terror operations,'' probably carried out by suicide bombers.
Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher told CNN that 53 people were confirmed dead and more than 120 were wounded in the attacks.

``Three terror operations targeted the Radisson SAS hotel, the Hyatt Amman and the Days Inn,'' Major Bashir Daaja, head of media at Jordan's Public Security Department, said in a statement distributed by the official Petra news agency. Muasher said the deadliest attack was at the Radisson, where a person wearing an explosives belt set off his bomb in a Jordanian wedding reception.

Amman has become a staging base for aid operations in Iraq, which borders Jordan, a U.S. ally. Hundreds of United Nations staff members for agencies such as the World Food Program and UN Children's Fund work there, operations that intensified in the city after 22 UN employees were killed in the truck bombing of their building in Baghdad two years ago. "

Bloomberg

Damn I think it was yesterday that I said that they would attack us in the quiet areas, and today they hit Jordan. I guess Jordan was too quiet.