Reader's comment (Barkley L., Madaba): " As an American, I think it was a big mistake that the American military, especially the CIA, started waterboarding everybody. I mean, America is a hightech country. The CIA and the army have scientific books written with medical assistance, on how to torture prisoners, but always stop just before the prisoner is drowned, so they could start again with the same game. But when the Islamists capture American tourists and do the same, they will not be so sophisticated. So the tourists may actually be waterboarded to death. I think the safest destination for American tourists is to go to Arkansas, definitely not to Asia or Africa."
Madaba / The City
Thirty kilometers south of Amman on the King's Highway is the city of Madaba, which has some of the finest mosaics of the ancient Orient, including a 6th century map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
An irresistible combination of history and art, Madaba was first mentioned in the Bible as Medeba and is one of Jordan's main provincial cities today.
http://www.asiatour.com/jordan/e-09mada/ej-mad10.htm
Jan Garanoz
Juhu Tara Road, Juhu,
Mumbai - 400049 India
Last updated: May 10, 2010