The speaker on the tape, identified as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, also said the group's suicide bombers did not intend to bomb a Jordanian wedding party at an Amman hotel last week, killing about 30 people.
I guess he thought he should make the statement (not an apology) since Jordanians were protesting him and the murders.
Earlier Friday, thousands of flag-waving Jordanians thronged downtown Amman in the "March of the Nation," a noisy, emphatic demonstration against the hotel attacks.
"Cease, cease, al-Zarqawi, you are a villain!" the throng chanted. "Cease, Cease, you terrorist, you are a coward!"
"I came specifically to say to those terrorists and al-Zarqawi that we are all united against them. We do not want them on our land," said Ghazi al-Hajjaj, 43, who traveled from Tafila, 115 miles south of Amman, to attend the rally.
Al-Zarqawi also went on to say al Qaida in Iraq is not targeting fellow Muslims.
"We want to assure you that ... you are more beloved to us than ourselves," he said.
This statement is released the same day that they
bomb 2 mosques in Iraq killing 74 worshipers. It's about time we see some outrage over there.
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