Zarqawi group claims Jordan attacks; death toll 56


AMMAN (Reuters) - The al Qaeda group led by America's deadliest foe in Iraq claimed responsibility on Thursday for three suicide bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 56 people. 

In Wednesday night's near-simultaneous attacks, two suicide bombers turned crowded wedding parties into scenes of blood and panic at the Grand Hyatt and the nearby Radisson SAS in central Amman. A third attacker targeted a Days Inn hotel. 

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