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Jordan reports progress in questioning Aqaba suspects
AMMAN - Jordan was interrogating about 30 suspects arrested in connection with Friday’s rocket attack that targeted a US warship, a Jordanian army training centre and the Israeli port of Eilat, Jordanian Interior Minister Awni Yerfas said on Sunday.

Without providing details about the suspects’ exact number and identity, he was quoted by the official Petra news agency as saying that interrogators were making progress in finding out those behind the attack that left one Jordanian soldier dead and another wounded.

Citing security sources, the pro-government newspaper Al-Rai said on Sunday that about 30 men among them Jordanians, Iraqis, Egyptians, and Syrians had been arrested in the investigations since Friday. According to the Al-Arabiya television network, Jordanian police detained a 39-year-old Iraqi, who is believed to be a member of the group that rented the warehouse from which the attack was staged, as well as a Syrian who allegedly guarded the compound.

“The authorities have closed Aqaba’s maritime and land outlets, including the ferry service with Egypt’s Nuwiabe port and the Durra frontiers with Saudi Arabia to prevent culprits from fleeing to the neighbouring countries,” Al-Rai said, quoting security sources.
Anyone think to close the sand dunes leading to Saudi-land?
Meanwhile, the regional Al Hayat newspaper reported that the Katyusha rockets used in the attack were partly made in Iraq. Quoting security sources, the report said the rockets’ warheads were Iraqi-made but their bases “looked like they were manufactured in Jordan.” The newspaper also said that security forces found four further Katyusha rockets that did not detonate in the Aqaba warehouse. ”Remote control devices were found in the warehouse from where the rockets were fired,” Al Hayat added.
Since the Lions of Islam™ didn't feel like hanging around to admire their handiwork.

Posted by: Steve White 2005-08-22
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