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| Jordan to start trial for failed suicide bomber |
| 2006-04-19 |
| The trial of an unsuccessful female suicide bomber charged over the killing of 60 people in deadly hotel bombings in Jordan will begin next week, the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. They said Sajida al-Rishawi, 35, an Iraqi, will stand trial on April 24 in a state security court for the al-Qaeda attack on Amman hotels on November 9 which killed 60 people. Eight others who are also charged last March, including al-Qaeda's Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, are still at large. Prosecutors charged her with conspiracy to carry out terrorist acts, causing death and destruction, and the illegal possession of weapons and explosives. The charge of conspiracy and having explosives to use illegaly carry the death sentence. Rishawi failed to blow herself up during the attacks. She was arrested shortly afterwards when she tried to seek refuge with the family of her sister's husband, a Jordanian killed in clashes with U.S. forces in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |