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Prosecution witness testifies in Aqaba attack trial |
2006-06-15 |
![]() Major Nidal K. from the General Intelligence Department (GID) told the court yesterday that on Aug. 22, 2005, one of the defendants guided him to a forest area near the Queen Alia Airport highway where he discovered a petrol tank belonging to a black Mercedes car. “The defendant told me he replaced the car’s tank with a special one designed to fit the rockets in,” the GID officer told the court. According to the prosecution, the defendants smuggled seven rockets into Aqaba and stored them in a warehouse in the city along with timing devices. The intended targets of the rockets were two US warships docked in the port on Aug. 19, 2005. Four rockets malfunctioned, while the remaining three missed their targets. |
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