    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book II)]
    [November 10, 2005]
    [Pages 1696-1697]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks After Signing the Book of Condolence at the Jordanian Embassy
    November 10, 2005

        Mr. Ambassador, thank you for
    receiving us. We have come to your Embassy to express our heartfelt
    sympathies for the people of Jordan and for the families who are
    grieving today because of the murder of innocent people.
        I spoke to His Majesty this morning and
    conveyed these very same thoughts. And during my conversation, as he
    described the fact that these bombers went into a wedding and killed
    people there that were there to celebrate life, killed innocent--the
    bombers killed innocent women and children, it struck me, Mr.
    Ambassador, that--once again, that we
    face an enemy that has no heart, an enemy that is defiling a great
    religion, of Islam. Today--yesterday in Jordan, Muslims died at the
    hands of these killers simply because they were in

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    the wrong hotel, simply because they wanted to be with their families
    and enjoy life.
        This enemy must be defeated. They have no heart. They have no
    conscience.
        I want to thank you and the good people of Jordan for standing
    strong against these merciless killers. And we ask for God's blessings
    on the people of Jordan.

    Note: The President spoke at 4:27 p.m. In his remarks, he referred to
    Jordan's Ambassador to the U.S. Karim Tawfiq Kawar; and King Abdullah II
    of Jordan.