Gee. Golly. Y'think?
Jordanian officials on Saturday said suspected terrorists detained this week carrying explosives may have belonged to Al Qaeda and been linked to plots to blow up vital public facilities to destabilise the US-allied Arab kingdom. In light of the fears, security forces have beefed up patrols and car searches across the capital, Amman, and issued alerts and rewards for three wanted fugitives and two cars with explosives believed associated with the men arrested earlier this week, officials said. The terror suspects in custody were arrested when their vehicle - filled with explosives, detonators and bombs - was nabbed in a Jordanian town on the Syrian border.
"Hmmm... Y'all have an explanation for those explosives, detonators and bombs in your truck?"
"Ummmm... They're wedding gifts?" |
They confessed to plotting a series of deadly terror attacks in Jordan. Jordanian officials have told the AP that cars carrying the suspected terrorists and explosives entered the country from Syria, claims which Damascus denies.
The suspects were planning to attack sensitive government institutions. But security has been significantly tightened around public offices, especially the interior and prime ministries. The officials said investigators are examining the possible link between the detained suspects and Jordanian militant Ahmed al-Khalayleh, a reputed top Al Qaeda figure better known as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Al-Zaraqawi, who is thought to be a close associate of Osama Bin Laden, has been convicted and sentenced to death in absentia in Jordan for several terror plots against American and Israeli targets in the kingdom, the officials said. US officials have offered a $10 million reward for al-Zarqawi, saying he is trying to build a network of foreign militants in neighbouring Iraq to work on Al Qaeda’s behalf. |