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| Jordan puts Zarqawi thugs on trial |
| 2005-04-23 |
| State witnesses testified in court Wednesday that alleged terror allies of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi collected data on producing germ weapons, destroying public infrastructure, attacking airports and carrying out assassinations. Al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian who is al-Qaida's point man in Iraq, and three other fugitives are being tried in absentia in Jordan's military court along with nine men in custody since April last year. All 13 are accused in what Jordanian officials say was a plot to strike the kingdom with chemical and conventional weapons. The group in question has been identified as Kata'eb al-Tawhid, Arabic for the Battalions of Monotheism, a previously unknown cell said to be linked to al-Qaida. The Jordanian plot was uncovered and foiled on April 21, 2004. Al-Zarqawi and the other men on trial face charges that include conspiring to commit terrorist attacks, possessing and manufacturing explosive material and affiliation with a banned group. The hearing is set to continue next Wednesday. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 First we hang 'em, then we kill 'em! |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-04-23 1:31:34 PM |
| #1 Jordan executes by hanging, no? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-23 12:55:44 PM |