[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 546 Engrossed in House (EH)]
H. Res. 546
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
November 17 (legislative day, November 18), 2005.
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 the people and Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have been
targeted in several terrorist attacks over the past few years;
Whereas Jordan has arrested suspected terrorists with possible ties to Osama bin
Laden's Al Qaeda organization, including suspected killers of a United
States diplomat, Lawrence Foley, who headed the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) mission in Jordan but was shot on
October 28, 2002, while leaving for work, marking the first lethal
attack on a United States official in Jordan in more than 30 years;
Whereas Jordan is a stalwart ally of the United States in the global war on
terrorism; and
Whereas on November 10, 2005, President George W. Bush expressed his heartfelt
sympathies for the people of Jordan and his condolences to the families
of the victims during his visit to the Embassy of Jordan: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks that
occurred on November 9, 2005, in Amman, Jordan;
(2) joins with President George W. Bush in expressing its
condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were
killed in the attacks and in expressing its sympathies to those
individuals who have been injured;
(3) expresses solidarity and support of the people and Government of
the United States with the people and Government of the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan as they recover from these cowardly and inhuman
attacks; and
(4) expresses its readiness to support and assist the Jordanian
authorities in their efforts to bring to justice those individuals
responsible for the recent attacks in Jordan and to pursue, disrupt,
undermine, and dismantle the networks which plan and carry out such
attacks.
Attest:
Clerk.