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International victims' relatives group aims to curb terrorism

Source: The Guardian

Nov 09, 2009

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Two relatives of victims of terrorist attacks are launching a support group today which aims to combat extremism by highlighting the universality of losing a loved one in such circumstances.

Carie Lemack is an American who lost her mother in the September 11 attacks and Ashraf al-Khaled is a Jordanian who lost his father, father-in-law and mother-in-law when a suicide bomber attacked the hotel where his wedding reception was taking place in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on 9 November 2005.

That shared experience of having lost loved ones in terrorist attacks will bring them together in Amman to launch Global Survivors Network, an organisation that aims to unite survivors of terrorism from Bali to London.

The organisation is the brainchild of Lemack, who will be in Jordan on the fourth anniversary of the 2005 attacks along with Khaled and people from eight countries affected by terrorism in the last decade.

A tree planting ceremony will be held in the Jordanian capital to mark the fourth anniversary of the Amman attacks, in which more than 60 people were killed,

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