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Jordan extremist praises Boston bombing

‘American blood isn’t more precious than Muslim blood,’ says al-Qaeda-linked Salafist leader

16 April 2013, 1:22 am 10 Edit
Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston on April 15, 2013 (AP/Charles Krupa)
Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston on April 15, 2013 (AP/Charles Krupa)

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The head of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group says he’s “happy to see the horror in America” after the explosions in Boston.

“American blood isn’t more precious than Muslim blood,” said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in an al-Qaeda-linked plot to attack US and other Western diplomatic missions in Jordan in 2003.

“Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there,” he said early Tuesday.

A Mideast counterterrorism official based in Jordan said the blasts “carry the hallmark of an organized terrorist group, like al-Qaeda.” He did not give actual evidence.

A Jordanian official said security was beefed up around the US Embassy in Amman.

Both officials insisted on anonymity, as they were not authorized to brief reporters.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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