US president condemns Amman attacks, meets Yemeni president

Описание: (10 Nov 2005)

1. Wide shot US President George W. Bush meeting with Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh
2. SOUNDBITE (English), George W. Bush, US President
"Today, the world saw with horror the attacks on innocent people in Jordan by killers who defile a great religion. I spoke to King Abdullah. I expressed our nation's deep concern and compassion for those who lost their lives and their families."
3. Wide shot of Bush and Saleh
4. SOUNDBITE:(English) George W. Bush, US President
"The bombings should remind all of us that there is an enemy in this world that is willing to kill innocent people, willing to bomb a wedding celebration, in order to advance their cause. And for those of us who love freedom, and for those of us who love -- who respect every human life, no matter whether you're from the west or from your neighbourhood, Mr. President, we have an obligation and a duty to remain strong, remain firm, and to bring these people to justice.
5. Cutaway
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni President
"I am here to reaffirm Yemen's position that it is clear and firm, our resolve is firm, to continue to work with the United States and the international community in combating terror."
7. Bush and Saleh shaking hands
8. Jordanian flag at half mast
9. Close-up of Jordanian flag at half mast
10. Zoom in woman signs condolence book
11. Photo of King Abdullah II of Jordan
12. Wide shot man sitting down
13. Zoom out man signing book

STORYLINE:

US President George W. Bush on Thursday condemned the hotel bombings in Jordan, saying the attackers defiled Islam and the United States would help bring those responsible to justice.

"The killings should remind all of us that there is an enemy in this world that is willing to kill innocent people, willing to bomb a wedding celebration in order to advance their cause," Bush said in the Oval Office during a meeting with President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, a Middle East ally in the war on terror.

President Saleh, for his part, did not react directly on the bombings in Jordan. However, he did say that Yemen's resolve was firm, and pledged to continue working with the United States and the international community in combating terror.

President Bush also called King Abdullah II Thursday to express the United States' condolences for the injuries and loss of life in the nearly simultaneous suicide attacks that also wounded more than 115 people.

In an Internet statement whose authenticity could not immediately be verified, al-Qaida in Iraq linked the blasts at the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the Days Inn hotels to the war in Iraq and called Amman the "backyard garden" for U.S. operations.

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