In pictures: Amman hotel blasts
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AFP - Thu Nov 10, 2:06 PM ET
Jordanian explosive experts check the rubble at Amman's Hyatt hotel for evidence. Despite Jordan's experience in foiling sophisticated terror plots, experts said that no amount of preparation could have prevented the kind of suicide attacks that have struck the country.(AFP) -
AFP - Thu Nov 10, 2:06 PM ET
Jordanian security forces stand next to a covered body outside the Days Inn hotel in Amman. Despite Jordan's experience in foiling sophisticated terror plots, experts said that no amount of preparation could have prevented the kind of suicide attacks that have struck the country.(AFP/Khalil Mazraawi) -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 2:13 PM ET
A woman, with the Jordanian flag painted on her face, light candles outside Amman's Grand Hyatt hotel in central Amman November 10, 2005. Jordan's King Abdullah pledged on Thursday to 'pull from their holes' militants behind three suicide bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 56 people. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 2:15 PM ET
A Jordanian lights candles next to a poster of Jordan's King Abdullah outside Amman's Grand Hyatt hotel in central Amman November 10, 2005. King Abdullah pledged on Thursday to 'pull from their holes' militants behind three suicide bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 56 people. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji -
AFP - Thu Nov 10, 4:04 PM ET
Queen Rania of Jordan wipes the tears of a wounded woman at a hospital in Amman. Jordan rounded up suspects over triple hotel bombings claimed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda group that killed 56 people, including foreigners, in the deadliest attacks in the kingdom's history.(AFP/Khalil Mazraawi) -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 4:32 PM ET
Jordanians attend a rally in support of Jordan's King Abdullah outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in central Amman November 10, 2005. The al Qaeda group led by America's deadliest foe in Iraq on Thursday claimed bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 57 people. In Wednesday night's closely synchronised attacks, two bombs exploded while crowds were celebrating weddings, leaving blood and destruction at Amman's Grand Hyatt and the nearby Radisson SAS. A third blast targeted a Days Inn hotel. REUTERS/Majed Jaber -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 4:33 PM ET
A Jordanian boy attends a rally in support of Jordan's King Abdullah outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in central Amman November 10, 2005. The al Qaeda group led by America's deadliest foe in Iraq on Thursday claimed bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 57 people. In Wednesday night's closely synchronised attacks, two bombs exploded while crowds were celebrating weddings, leaving blood and destruction at Amman's Grand Hyatt and the nearby Radisson SAS. A third blast targeted a Days Inn hotel. REUTERS/Majed Jaber -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 4:34 PM ET
Jordanians attend a rally in support of Jordan's King Abdullah outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in central Amman November 10, 2005. The al Qaeda group led by America's deadliest foe in Iraq on Thursday claimed bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 57 people. In Wednesday night's closely synchronised attacks, two bombs exploded while crowds were celebrating weddings, leaving blood and destruction at Amman's Grand Hyatt and the nearby Radisson SAS. A third blast targeted a Days Inn hotel. REUTERS/Majed Jaber -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 4:34 PM ET
Jordanians attend a rally in support of Jordan's King Abdullah outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in central Amman November 10, 2005. The al Qaeda group led by America's deadliest foe in Iraq on Thursday claimed bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 57 people. In Wednesday night's closely synchronised attacks, two bombs exploded while crowds were celebrating weddings, leaving blood and destruction at Amman's Grand Hyatt and the nearby Radisson SAS. A third blast targeted a Days Inn hotel. REUTERS/Majed Jaber -
Reuters - Thu Nov 10, 4:35 PM ET
Jordanians shout anti-al Qaeda slogans during a rally in support of Jordan's King Abdullah outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in central Amman November 10, 2005. The al Qaeda group led by America's deadliest foe in Iraq on Thursday claimed bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 57 people. In Wednesday night's closely synchronised attacks, two bombs exploded while crowds were celebrating weddings, leaving blood and destruction at Amman's Grand Hyatt and the nearby Radisson SAS. A third blast targeted a Days Inn hotel. REUTERS/Majed Jaber -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 5:19 PM ET
President Bush speaks Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005 during a meeting in the Oval Office with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Bush pledged that the U.S. will do all it can to help pursue those responsible for Wednesday's bombings at three hotels in Jordan, a Middle East ally in the fight against terrorism. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 6:21 PM ET
Nader Akhras talks about his family during a news conference in Dallas, Thursday, Nov 10, 2005. Sixteen members of Akhras' extended family were killed while attending a wedding at one of the hotels bombed in Jordan. (AP Photo/LM Otero) -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 6:22 PM ET
Nader Akhras, right, gets a hug from Ziad Qadora after a news conference in Dallas, Thursday, Nov 10, 2005. Sixteen members of Akhras' extended family were killed while attending a wedding at one of the hotels bombed in Jordan. (AP Photo/LM Otero) -
AFP - Thu Nov 10, 6:30 PM ET
Jordanian policemen patrol in front of the Radisson hotel, a day after a deadly suicide attack in Amman. US President George W. Bush expressed 'horror' at the deadly hotel bombings in Amman and said he had telephoned Jordan's King Abdullah II to assure him of his strong support.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte) -
AFP - Thu Nov 10, 7:10 PM ET
Jordanian children light candles outside Amman's Grand Hyatt hotel. Jordan rounded up suspects over triple hotel bombings claimed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda group that killed 56 people, including foreigners, in the deadliest attacks in the kingdom's history.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar) -
AFP - Thu Nov 10, 7:10 PM ET
Jordanian policemen inspect a room at the Radisson Hotel in Amman. Jordan rounded up suspects over triple hotel bombings claimed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda group that killed 56 people, including foreigners, in the deadliest attacks in the kingdom's history.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar) -
AFP - Thu Nov 10, 7:10 PM ET
A Jordanian policeman stand guard outside Amman's Radisson SAS hotel. Jordan rounded up suspects over triple hotel bombings claimed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda group that killed 56 people, including foreigners, in the deadliest attacks in the kingdom's history.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte) -
AFP - Thu Nov 10, 7:10 PM ET
Jordanians dig graves at a cemetery in Amman. Jordan rounded up suspects over triple hotel bombings claimed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaeda group that killed 56 people, including foreigners, in the deadliest attacks in the kingdom's history.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte) -
AFP/File - Thu Nov 10, 7:10 PM ET
An Iraqi man paints over the picture of Al-Qaeda's frontman in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on a billboard in Baghdad. The claim, by an Al-Qaeda 'suicide martyr unit' active in Iraq, that it was behind suicide attacks on three hotels in Amman makes it likely that the bombers came from Iraq, a US intelligence official said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi) -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 9:16 PM ET
Rima Akkad Monla, seen in this undated family photo, a former Los Angeles woman living in Beirut, was among dozens killed in the hotel bombings in Jordan. Her father, Moustapha Akkad, the executive producer of the 'Halloween' movies, was critically injured. The slain woman's mother, Patricia Akkad, told The Associated Press her daughter Rima Akkad Monla had just arrived in Amman for a wedding and was visiting with her father and stepmother inside a hotel lobby when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device. Patricia Akkad says her ex-husband, Moustapha Akkad of Los Angeles, suffered a heart attack as a result of the explosion and also sustained internal injuries. (AP Photo/Akkad Family) -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 9:23 PM ET
Rima Akkad Monla and her father Moustapha Akkad are seen in this family photo at Rima's wedding in Beirut, Lebanon, in August, 1999. Rima, a former Los Angeles woman living in Beirut, was among dozens killed in the hotel bombings in Jordan. Her father, the executive producer of the 'Halloween' movies, was critically injured. The slain woman's mother, Patricia Akkad, told The Associated Press her daughter had just arrived in Amman for a wedding and was visiting with her father and stepmother inside a hotel lobby when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device. Patricia Akkad says her ex-husband Moustapha Akkad suffered a heart attack as a result of the explosion and also sustained internal injuries. (AP Photo/Akkad Family) -
AP - Thu Nov 10, 9:46 PM ET
Chinese Ambassador to Jordan Luo Xingwu, center, and Political Counsellor Li Chen, left, call on Yao Liqiang, a Chinese wounded during the blast, conveying to him the regards of Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Chinese government and Chinese people as well, at a military hospital in Amman, Jordan, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005. More than 50 people were killed and up to 300 others wounded including three Chinese dead and one injured in the blasts that struck the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the Days Inn hotel in downtown Amman on Wednesday. (AP Photo /Xinhua, Jiang Shaoqing) -
AP - Thu Nov 10,10:18 PM ET
Nader Akhras, right, receives a hug from a well wisher Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Arlington, Texas, during a short memorial service for members of Akhras' family who were killed in a bombing at a hotel in Jordan. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) -
AP - Thu Nov 10,10:50 PM ET
Khaled Akhras, center front, and his brother Nader, right, receive hugs from well wishers,Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Arlington, Texas, following a short memorial service in honor of member of their family who were killed at the hotel bombing in Jordan. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) -
AP - Thu Nov 10,10:52 PM ET
Khaled Akhras, left facing front, and his uncle Abdel Ihweil, right facing front, receive hugs from well wishers, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Arlington, Texas, following a short memorial service in honor of their relatives who were killed in the hotel bombings in Jordan. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)