[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 154 (Friday, November 18, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2426-E2427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONDEMNING TERRORIST ATTACKS IN JORDAN

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                               speech of

                        HON. ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 16, 2005

  Mrs. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong 
support of H. Res. 456, a resolution to vehemently condemn the 
terrorist attacks that occurred in Amman, Jordan.
  On November 9, 2005, hundreds of innocent Jordanians gathered to 
celebrate a wedding ceremony--one of the greatest tributes to

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life, family and humanity, for virtually every culture in the world. 
Yet what was supposed to be a joyous celebration was brutally cut short 
when followers of the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi carried out four 
simultaneous terrorist attacks. These unbridled and hateful acts killed 
59 people, including the mother and father of the bride and the father 
of the groom.
  Mr. Speaker, the line between good and evil could not be clearer.
  The line between those who cherish life versus those who seek to 
destroy it could not be clearer.
  The line between those with compassion in their hearts versus those 
with hatred could not be clearer.
  The attacks in Jordan, just like those before it in Indonesia, Egypt, 
Spain and the United States, demonstrate that terrorism does not 
discriminate by race, ethnicity or region. Instead, terrorists 
indiscriminately target those seeking to live a peaceful, loving and 
free life.
  All across Jordan, innocent and freedom-loving Jordanians fully 
understand this. Thousands of Jordanians have taken to the streets in 
protest of Zarqawi, ``the coward.'' In the wake of these attacks, King 
Abdullah has announced a ``National Agenda,'' which seeks to instill a 
more free and democratic political process and society.
  We must hunt the terrorists down and kill them. There is no other way 
to respond to those so committed to the destruction of life. We must 
also stand with the Jordanian people and the Jordanian Government. And, 
this resolution does just that--making it clear that Congress and the 
American people are behind them during this difficult period.

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