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Zarqawiâs nephew, 2 others, plead innocent in Jordanian court
Three Muslim militants, including a police corporal, pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks on American and Israeli tourists in Jordan and local security officials. The military court prosecutor said the first accused, Omar Sayel al-Khalayleh, is the mastermind of the three-person cell and is the nephew of Ahmed Fadhil al-Khalayleh, better known as Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, an international fugitive and a top aide to Osama bin Laden. The three defendants - al-Khalayleh, Hamza Muhammad al-Momani, and police Cpl. Ayman al-Khawaldeh - were also charged with plotting to attack liquor stores in Jordan.
Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-12-19 |
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