The Jordanian bomber in Afghanistan was very upset with the Gaza attack in 2009 and being a doctor he wanted to go to Gaza to help; he had a clinic in a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan.
Juan Cole on January 10 has an excellent post showing how the Jordanian bomber is the result of US overseas intervention: he was upset with Gaza attack, joined the TTP (who in some part are the result of radicalization in Pakistan from the 1980s when Reagan encouraged that), and he reacted against US drone strikes, in addition to being upset by the Iraq War.
Juan Cole sums it up:
What is fascinating is the way al-Balawi's grievances tie together the Iraq War, the ongoing Gaza atrocity, and the Western military presence in the Pushtun regions-- the geography of the Bush 'war on terror' was inscribed on his tortured mind.
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