| Jordan's state prosecutor Mahmud Obeidat yesterday called for the death penalty for 13 people, including three fugitive Saudis, who he accused of plotting attacks on US interests here, judicial sources said. "The accused agreed to carry out military attacks against air bases which would have undermined the security and stability of the country," Obeidat said in a written statement to the court. He said the death penalty should be handed out for these "dangerous crimes", according to the statement. Obeidat accused the 10 Jordanian and three Saudi men on trial at the military tribunal since Sept. 29 of "conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks" as well as "possession of unlicensed explosive material". |