The #SbarroMassacre bomber, #AhlamTamimi, barely known to the US public, is a big deal in the Arab world. An Arabic tweet scans the high points of her public life; high-profile wedding; tumultuous airport reception when she was freed in a hostage-release deal; the massacre.
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They ask: "Will Jordan withstand US pressure to hand her over?" (She's wanted on terror charges. @KingAbdullahII now denies the 1995 treaty's validity.)
What they don't ask: "How did we ever turn a killer of children into a national celebrity? Where did our moral compass go?"
They ask: "Will Jordan withstand US pressure to hand her over?" (She's wanted on terror charges. @KingAbdullahII now denies the 1995 treaty's validity.)
What they don't ask: "How did we ever turn a killer of children into a national celebrity? Where did our moral compass go?"
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Show your support for US efforts to persuade @KingAbdullahII of Jordan, one of the top 3 recipients of US aid money, to live up to his kingdom's obligation to the US. To visit the petition site and sign: chng.it/YjwD8Qs4
Show your support for US efforts to persuade @KingAbdullahII of Jordan, one of the top 3 recipients of US aid money, to live up to his kingdom's obligation to the US. To visit the petition site and sign: chng.it/YjwD8Qs4
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