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Jordan Charges Four with Plot to Attack Americans
Jordan has charged four men with plotting to carry out attacks on Americans in the kingdom, state security prosecutor Colonel Mahmoud Obeidat said on Saturday. Obeidat confirmed Jordanian press reports of the charges, but did not give further details. The dailies Al-Rai and Ad-Dustour said the four men were accused of possessing an illegal automatic weapon and conspiring to carry out attacks on Americans, especially those living in the Azraq area where Jordanâs biggest air base is located, 70 km northeast of Amman and 240 km from the Iraqi border. Three of the men are in custody and have admitted to plotting such attacks, but the fourth, a finance ministry employee, is on the run, the papers said. The charges carry the death penalty. Al-Rai said the suspects had practiced using a Kalashnikov automatic rifle at a farm owned by the uncle of one of them, and watched video footage of "resistance operations." They became strict Muslims in 2003 and thought of "jihad and martyrdom to repent their sins," it reported.Posted by: TS 2004-02-14 |
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