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Jordan frees al-Maqdessi |
2008-03-13 |
![]() A Jordanian of Palestinian origin, Maqdessi, whose real name is Issam Barqawi, was arrested in Jordan in June 2005 after remarks he made to Al-Jazeera television. In 1999, he met Jordanian-born Zarqawi, who later joined his Sunni militant group. The pair were detained for five years for membership of an outlawed Islamist organisation but freed as part of a general amnesty in 1999. |
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