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Jordanian bloggers covering Amman bombings

On Harvard's Global Voices, live coverage from Jordanian bloggers on the events that occured tonight in Amman.

Three explosions hit Jordanian capital Amman Wednesday night; one in Radisson SAS, the second in Hyatt Amman, and the third in Days Inn.

For more on the explosions occuring in Amman:Aggregated news feeds from Jordanian blogosphere community,
Jordan Planet; AP ; Flickr; MSM RSS; Technorati posts tagged with "Amman Explosions".

Update[November 10, 4:11 AM]: According to Al-Jazeera, Jordanian Police put their hands on a video recording showing the suicide bomber of Hyatt taken by someone in the hotel by accident.
Al-Arabia also confirms that a fire was started earlier last night in Amman in order to divert attention from the incident about to occur.

Update[November 10, 3:44 AM]: According to Elaph, Jordanian authorities have arrested 12 people from different nationalities including Iraqis, Bahrainis, and Jordanians. Al-Muashar also said that death tolls could have been higher if one of the explosive laden-cars managed to smash into the entrance.
The Islamic Action Front and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood both condemned the attack referring to it as "Terrorist and criminal attack".

Link.

And a roundup of more reactions in the Jordanian blogosphere from Ethan Zuckerman: Link. Still more at jordanplanet.net.

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