A War Without Borders

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If anything encouraging came out of last week's atrocities, it was the outrage with which Jordanians responded--the latest sign that al-Zarqawi's murderous tactics may be forcing Muslims to confront the threat he poses to their societies. In the days after the bombings, thousands took to the streets to vent their anger--a relatively rare spectacle in the Islamic world since Sept. 11, 2001. BURN IN HELL ABU MOUSAB AL-ZARQAWI read a typical poster. On Thursday even al-Zarqawi's sister-in-law was distressed by the attacks. "What I saw on TV yesterday did not please me," she said. By Saturday, Jordanian authorities had arrested at least 14 people suspected of aiding the three bombers in the attacks. At the Days Inn, another couple, Shukri Azar and Heba Ghazale, decided to hold their wedding only 48 hours after three people had died in the bombing there. "We are up to the challenge," Heba said as she stepped out of a limousine near the spot where one of the suicide bombers had detonated. "We want to celebrate. The terrorists will not change our lives."