November 9 in history — On This Day

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2005

Bombings Strike Three Hotels in Amman

On the night of November 9, 2005, suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan. About sixty people were killed, many of them at a wedding reception. Al-Qaeda in Iraq said it carried out the attacks.

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