The Associated Press reports that family members of Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi renounced the terrorist leader Sunday because of the terror attacks on three Amman hotels that killed 59 people:
"A Jordanian doesn't stab himself with his own spear," said the statement by 57 members of the al-Khalayleh family, including al-Zarqawi's brother and cousin. "We sever links with him until doomsday."
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"As we pledge to maintain homage to your throne and to our precious Jordan ... we denounce in the clearest terms all the terrorist actions claimed by the so-called Ahmed Fadheel Nazzal al-Khalayleh, who calls himself Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," the family members said.
We announce, and all the people are our witnesses, that we the sons of the al-Khalayleh tribe are innocent of him and all that emanates from him, whether action, assertion or decision
According to the Associated Press, the renunciation is a serious blow to al-Zarqawi, who no longer will enjoy the protection of his tribe and whose family members may seek to kill him.
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