Today I learned from my Jordanian guide Samir that the hotel I'm staying at, the Amman Radisson SAS, was the site of the infamous 2005 suicide bombing of a wedding ceremony arranged by crispy fried former terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi (MHREIH).
Speaking of "ole Zarqy", on the way from Amman to Jerash today, we passed a road sign indicating the turn off to head to the Jordanian town of Zarqa. This is the town whence "Zarqawi" derived his nom de guerre since "al Zarqawi" essentially means "from/of Zarqa" in Arabic. ("al misri" -- the egyptian -- is another one you see from time to time.)
Samir was a happily surprised when I asked him if that Zarqa was the same one that spawned Zarqy. Evidently this indicated a greater awareness than most of his charges have.
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Zarqawi! My friend from your book... the yellow one...what was it? It was so good!
Crispy fried.
Comedian.
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