Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Alhussein pledged on Thursday to "pull from their holes" militants behind three suicide bombings that ripped through luxury hotels in Jordan's capital and killed 56 people, Reuters quoted him as saying. In one of worst attacks to hit Jordan in modern history, 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. "We will pursue those criminals and those who are behind them, and we will reach them wherever they are," the monarch said in a televised address one day after bombers staged the near-simultaneous attacks. "We will pull them from their holes and bring them to justice," King Abdullah said, wearing a traditional Arab head-dress and a dark Western-style suit and tie in a brief message. "We will confront these cowardly terrorist groups that have no religion or conscience," he said. "The operation was executed by three suicide bombers who were wearing explosive belts. Two entered the hotels, the other blew himself up outside the hotel in a car," Deputy Prime Minister Marwan al-Muasher told reporters about the attacks. He said the blasts killed 56 people and wounded 96. --SP 2304 Local Time 2004 GMT
