Zarqawi denounced.

November 21, 2005 3:00 AM

Zarqawi denounced by his own family, tribe.
posted by toma (19 comments total)

good to know, I'll keep that in mind.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 3:29 AM on November 21, 2005

I received an 'error loading' page from the Jordan Times.

But you can get related articles from Google, and then some.

An interesting angle of the story is the denouncement of Zarqawi by the bedouin tribe he belonged to. The concept of tribes is apparetly an important aspect of the socio-cultural and political make-up of Islamic civilizations.

I think letting the King of Jordan know in advance that Zarqawi would attempt to assassinate (or regicide) him was very gentleman-like. Quite the good show of civilité.

Also: Newsfilter.
posted by Colloquial Collision at 3:54 AM on November 21, 2005

You should add some tags to your posts too.
posted by Colloquial Collision at 3:58 AM on November 21, 2005

Regicide used as verb can be?

Hate it we do when people verb nouns.

Yoda Master of Illogical Grammar is.

(I really shouldn't post this...)
posted by malusmoriendumest at 4:23 AM on November 21, 2005

toma denounced by his own community, website.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:07 AM on November 21, 2005

"You have selected...regicide! If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press one!"
posted by Gator at 5:07 AM on November 21, 2005

A little late, don't you think? Or is this just because they started bombing jordanians?
posted by delmoi at 6:22 AM on November 21, 2005

Wait, wasn't this one of the answers to the five questions non-muslims were waiting for?
posted by illovich at 6:24 AM on November 21, 2005

single. link. FPP. ugh.
posted by NationalKato at 6:29 AM on November 21, 2005

Look! It's the Best of the Web! Oops, there it goes, it got pushed off the front page by this lousy FPP.
Please raise your bar.
posted by Aknaton at 6:42 AM on November 21, 2005

So did anyone confirm whether or not he was killed yesterday?
posted by loquax at 6:47 AM on November 21, 2005

So did anyone confirm whether or not he was killed yesterday?

The military still doesn't know, but they're guessing he probably wasn't.
posted by unreason at 6:52 AM on November 21, 2005

Juan Cole isn't cetain he even exists.
posted by jmgorman at 7:17 AM on November 21, 2005

I tend to agree with Mr. Cole in this rare instance. Well, he probably doesn't matter with respect to Iraq, but he does have a hate for Jordan that won't be continued with successors.
posted by loquax at 7:19 AM on November 21, 2005

Gee, I would have thought his Jordanian family would have come out as public supporters of the terrorist bombings in Jordan.
posted by stbalbach at 7:53 AM on November 21, 2005

Ah, using nouns as verbs is the affliction of a simple language that does not conjugate. You poor anglosaxons.
posted by jouke at 9:36 AM on November 21, 2005

Isn't tribalism worse than terrorism?
posted by b_thinky at 4:39 PM on November 21, 2005

Tribes are nations without flags, terror is violence in support of a political goal without having official armies.
posted by zaelic at 4:59 PM on November 21, 2005

The concept of tribes is apparetly an important aspect of the socio-cultural and political make-up of Islamic civilizations.

I think you mean Arab societies, eh?
posted by skoosh at 8:11 PM on November 21, 2005