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109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1095
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 6, 2006
Mr. Boozman (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Issa, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Pence, Mr. Sessions, Mr. McHenry, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Terry, Mr. Carter, Mr. Linder, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. Kelly, Ms. Harman, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Ross, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Souder, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Boren, and Mr. Crowley) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
RESOLUTION
Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan.
Whereas on November 9, 2005, a series of terrorist bombs exploded at the Radisson, Hyatt, and Days Inn hotels in Amman, Jordan, resulting in the deaths of scores of civilians and the injuries of hundreds of others;
Whereas Jordan has been targeted in several terrorist attacks over the past few years and likely remains a target for Islamic extremists;
Whereas Jordan provided unequivocal support to the United States after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks;
Whereas Jordan has arrested suspected terrorists with possible ties to Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda organization and has provided other critical support to the global war on terrorism; and
Whereas Jordan remains a firm ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism and in helping to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East: Now, therefore, be it
That the House of Representatives—
notes with sorrow the one-year anniversary of the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan;
condemns in the strongest possible terms the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks;
expresses its ongoing condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed in the attacks and its sympathies to those individuals who were injured;
reiterates its support of the Jordanian people and its government;
values the strong and lasting friendship between Jordan and the United States and the continuing cooperation of the two nations in political, economic, and humanitarian endeavors; and
expresses its readiness to support and assist the Jordanian authorities in their efforts to pursue, disrupt, undermine, and dismantle the networks that plan and carry out such terrorist attacks as the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan.