9-Nov-2005 Al-Qaida claimed responsibility Thursday for three suicide bomb attacks on Western hotels that killed at least 56 people in the Jordanian capital, and the terror group's Web posting linked the deadly blasts to the war in Iraq. Police continued a broad security lockdown and authorities sent DNA samples for testing to identify the attackers. Land borders were reopened after being closed for nearly 12 hours. The government lowered the death toll by one but gave no reason. The al-Qaida claim, which could not be independently verified, said Jordan became a target because it was ``a backyard garden for the enemies of the religion, Jews and crusaders ... a filthy place for the traitors ... and a center for prostitution.'' The hotels, frequented by Israelis and Americans among other foreign guests, have long been on al-Qaida's hit list. Read More